In very good condition: cover and pages have very light wear; pages are slightly age-toned. ISBN 9780060088873
"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, one of the greatest works of American literature and a widely-read book, opens with this well-known line. Unexpectedly, a monk sees the catastrophe. Brother Juniper then sets out on a mission to establish that the deaths of those who perished in the catastrophe were not the result of chance but rather divine intervention. His quest ultimately results in his own demise and the author's enduring exploration of the nature of love and the significance of the human predicament.
