The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Author: Thornton Wilder

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 2 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/03/2023

Synopsis

Set in Peru in the summer of 1714, this novel tells the tale of a group of interrelated people who perish following the collapse of an Inca rope bridge. A Franciscan friar, Brother Juniper, witnesses the accident and sets out to find out more about each victim, seeking answers—cosmic or otherwise—as to why they had to die. In his quest, Brother Juniper spends six years trying to interview as many people that knew the victims as he can, seeking to prove that both their beginning and their end was part of God's plan for each victim. In doing so, he hopes to document empirical evidence of God's Divine Providence. Winner of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize and the bestselling work of fiction that same year, this novel is exploration of the meaning of a person's life beyond their personal choices.

About Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) was an American playwright and novelist. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he began writing plays in high school, where he was teased for being overly intellectual, and continued his education at Yale and Princeton. Over the course of his career, he won the Pulitzer Prize three times: in 1928, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey; in 1938, for the play Our Town; and in 1942, for the drama The Skin of Our Teeth.

About Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini is an Italian-American narrator, actor, and writer who is best known for his role in The Sopranos. He has appeared in over forty films and television series and received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narration.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on March 29, 2025

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a beautifully written book full of eternal questions. If there were any plan in the universe at all, if there were any pattern in a human life, surely it could be discovered mysteriously latent in those lives so suddenly cut off. Either we live by accident and die by acc......more

Goodreads review by Henry on October 24, 2024

On the 20th of July, 1714, in the Spanish colony of Peru five people descended to eternity when they fell into an enormous abyss. Ironically as colorful birds sung sweetly nearby a beautiful scene of snowy mountains far away seen, and green vegetation with pretty trees below. The noon collapse of th......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on September 19, 2016

"Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer day, and some say, on the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God." You might think a book so focused on God and faith w......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on August 02, 2023

O meditație asupra relației dintre hazard și necesitate: totul se petrece pentru că așa a vrut Dumnezeu sau totul se petrece la întîmplare? În data de 20 iulie 1714, în amiaza unei zile de vineri, puntea de rafie - zisă a Sfîntului rege Ludovic - se rupe și 5 oameni pier. A fost un hazard sau lucrare......more

Goodreads review by Olga on January 23, 2025

It was difficult put down this book, maybe because its subject is love in a broader sense. Or maybe because it is so beautifully written with vividly portrayed characters that it was a sheer pleasure to read. With the help of his elegant prose through the characters' life stories the author poses a l......more

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