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The Bridge of San Luis Rey / [electronic resource] Thornton Wilder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Perennial Library, 1986, c1927.Edition: 1st Perennial Library edDescription: 148 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 006091341X (pbk.)
  • 9780060913410 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.52 19
LOC classification:
  • PS3545.I345 B7 1986
  • PZ3.W6468Br 1986
Online resources: Summary: Set in 18th century Lima, Peru, a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. A priest who is deeply affected by the catastrophe decides to make an investigative study of the lives of the victims to determine if he can find some clue to God's intention in casting five dis-associated mortals into eternity at precisely the same moment.
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Set in 18th century Lima, Peru, a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. A priest who is deeply affected by the catastrophe decides to make an investigative study of the lives of the victims to determine if he can find some clue to God's intention in casting five dis-associated mortals into eternity at precisely the same moment.

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