Il Ponte Di San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
After a rope bridge in colonial Peru collapses, killing five seemingly unconnected people, a compassionate cloistered scholar undertakes a painstaking inquiry into each victim’s life to determine whether the disaster was an act of divine providence or random chance. Through interwoven portraits—a grieving actress and her lover, a lonely Vallian noblewoman, an obsessed philosopher, a devoted aunt and her two charges—the investigation reveals unexpected links of love, jealousy, and duty across social classes. The narrative meditates on the human desire for meaning in suffering, the fragile weave of fate and coincidence, and the quiet dignity of lives often overlooked.
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- Published
- 1927
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 140-200
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Die Brücke von San Luis Rey
- El puente de San Luis Rey
- Il ponte di San Luis Rey
- Le Pont de San Luis Rey
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