The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents6
- Part One: Perhaps an Accident8
- Part Two: The Marquesa de Montemayor10
- Part Three: Esteban19
- Part Four: Uncle Pio27
- Part Five: Perhaps an Intention36
In eighteenth-century Peru, a historic bridge connecting the cities of Cuzco and Lima collapses, plunging five people to their deaths. A Franciscan monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the tragedy and embarks on a spiritual quest to reconcile free will versus fate and the existence of God in the victims’ lives: “Why did this happen to those five?” This thought-provoking, Pulitzer Prize–winning second novel by American writer Thornton Wilder was called “a masterpiece” by The New York Times when it was published in 1927. Critically acclaimed, it remains a compelling literary classic exploring destiny, love, religion, and the meaning of life.