El puente de San Luís Rey | Thornton Wilder | book new | sale

Thornton Wilder

Edhasa | 2004

144 | 4h 20m

spanish | hardcover | new | sale

23cm x 15cm | 325gr

The fall in July 1714 of the "most beautiful bridge in all of Peru" and the consequent death of five travelers, induced Brother Junípero, a Franciscan friar, to begin an investigation into the causes of the accident. And little by little, for six long years, through unexpected paths, they will weave the story, until in the end, they are left at the gates of death at the stake. The exciting adventures and the colorful reproduction of Peru under the viceroys under the Spanish Empire do not hide, however, an acute exposition of what is essentially a metaphysical question: the nature of divine will. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, the second novel written by the master Thornton Wilder, had a great reception at the time of its publication and won the Pulitzer Prize that same year 1928. Since then it has been revered by laymen and critics and continues to be considered today as one of the great novels of the 20th century. Without a doubt, a true pearl, a small masterpiece that was brought to the big screen with Robert De Niro as the protagonist.