{"product_id":"the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey-9780063114852","title":"The Bridge of San Luis Rey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs close to perfect a moral fable as we are ever likely to get in American literature. --Russell Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are books that haunt you down the years, books that seem to touch and stir something deep inside you. . . . Wilder's \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge of San Luis Rey \u003c\/em\u003eis of this kind. \u003cem\u003e--The Independent \u003c\/em\u003e(London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge of San Luis Rey\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the towering achievements in American literature, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a novel still read throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrother 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful edition includes a foreword by acclaimed author Russell Banks and an afterword by Thornton Wilder's nephew, Tappan, with illuminating documentary material about the novel and its rich literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder, Thornton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063114852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Thornton Wilder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39662534164555,"sku":"9780063114852","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_eb50e4ef-bf3b-4219-ae3d-288a7a7b9d02.jpg?v=1643723028","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey-9780063114852","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}