Author: Thornton Wilder
Title: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Description: Penguin 1981 Paperback, 123pp. 'On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714,the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.' By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His search leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition. (ISBN: 9780140003321). Good.

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