The Bridge of San Luis Rey /

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey / [electronic resource] Thornton Wilder. - 1st Perennial Library ed. - New York : Perennial Library, 1986, c1927. - 148 p. ; 21 cm.

Set in 18th century Lima, Peru, a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. A priest who is deeply affected by the catastrophe decides to make an investigative study of the lives of the victims to determine if he can find some clue to God's intention in casting five dis-associated mortals into eternity at precisely the same moment.

006091341X (pbk.) 9780060913410 (pbk.)

85045925


Bridges--Accidents--Peru--Fiction.
Accident victims--Fiction.


Peru--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PS3545.I345 / B7 1986 PZ3.W6468Br 1986

813/.52