THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY Thornton Wilder FRANKLIN LIBRARY (like EASTON)

Description: THE BRIDGE ON SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder"There are books that haunt you down the years, books that seem to touch and stir something deep inside you. . . . Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey is of this kind." —The Independent (London)"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." This immortal sentence opens The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American literature, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a novel still read throughout the world.Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, witnesses the tragic event. Deeply moved, he embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention, not chance, that led to the deaths of the five people crossing the bridge that day. Ultimately, his search leads to a timeless investigation into the nature of fate and love, and the meaning of the human condition. Like Easton Press, Franklin Library editions have full leather bindings, gilt edges to seal out moisture, moire silk or marbled endpapers, archival-quality, acid-free paper that will last for generations, and a sewn-in silk bookmark. The book appears unread; see photos. Questions please email me. USPS media mail shipping with delivery confirmation. US buyers only.

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Belleview, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-02T00:25:14.000Z

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