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Title details for The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder - Wait list

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

by Thornton Wilder
Richard Ferrone
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder's second novel, won him the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes. The novel opens in the aftermath of an inexplicable tragedy-a tiny footbridge in Peru breaks, and five travelers hurtle to their deaths. Most townspeople think to themselves with secret joy, "Within 10 minutes myself...." But for Brother Juniper, a humble Franciscan friar who witnesses the catastrophe, the question is inescapable: Why those five? Suddenly, Brother Juniper is committed to discover what manner of lives these five disparate people led-and whether it was divine intervention that took their lives, or a capricious fate. Wilder maintained in his works that true meaning and beauty are found in ordinary experience. This is especially true of The Bridge of San Luis Rey. From the very beginning to the stunning conclusion, the listener is absorbed into the individual stories of the five victims, and how their destinies intertwine.

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  • Release date

    January 13, 2004

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781598873009
      • File size: 102315 KB
      • Duration: 03:33:09

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1080
    • Text Difficulty: 7-9

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In this Pulitzer Prize winner, a bridge collapses in eighteenth-century Peru; five die. Who were they? In the answer to that question lie numerous cosmic ironies, which are related in a melancholy narrative of great power, simplicity and beauty. Waterston, star of NBC's "Law and Order," never possessed a strong voice. Time has made it hoarse and scratchy. Nonetheless, he reads intelligently with just the right sombre tone. As is usual with HighBridge titles, the sound quality is pristine. Y.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      A new audio version of this classic novel is good news; no matter at what age you read or reread it, it has something new to offer you. Wilder sets his iconic story in the eighteenth century in colonial Peru at the moment one of the astounding rope bridges that crisscrossed the Andean gorges of the Inca Empire collapses. The novel examines the lives of the five people who die together that day, tracing what exactly led each one to be there at that moment, and asking what, if anything, it meant. This edition includes a welcome afterword addressing the origins and long life of this enduring perennial. Thom Rivera's acting is fine, and his Spanish pronunciations lovely, though in other languages he's less reliable. B.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1080
  • Text Difficulty:7-9

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