The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Hardcover) by Thornton Wilder, Tappan Wilder

from EnriqueFreeque

Thornton Wilder successfully fictionalized some ages-old core existential questions that have haunted humanity since its inception in his short novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Why do bad things happen to good people indiscriminately, while bad people prosper? Is there a plan or purpose behind ...

from dablackwood

Just a couple of quick comments. I think I was supposed to read this in high school but somehow didn't. Maybe I read the Cliffs Notes. Anyway, I'm sort of glad I waited until now to read this lovely book. It's hard for me to believe Thornton Wilder was only 30 when he published this. It is an ama...

from browner56

An ancient bridge outside of Lima, Peru collapses and five people fall to their deaths. Was this just a random accident or was it the fulfillment of God's plans for those unfortunate victims? Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk who should have been on the bridge and witnessed the collapse, devotes...

from sergerca

We all have a worldview (don't we?) that influences just about everything we encounter. Literature is no exception. Perhaps that is why I thought the main point of Thornton Wilder's outstanding The Bridge of San Luis Rey was so obvious. In many of the reviews I've read, many have stated that Wild...

from varwenea

I simply love this little book. At page 40, my heart panged just so, when two of the five travelers had fallen into the gulf. How did Thornton Wilder captivate me in a mere 40 pages?? Apparently, it IS heart. (See quote.) This 1927 novel starts with: "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the...