Skip to content

No image available

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

No image available

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

by Wilder, Thornton

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Very Good
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Midland, Michigan, United States
Item Price
A$1,864.92
Or just A$1,833.84 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
A$4.66 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 2 to 8 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1927. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in jacket null Book very good or better with no marks or bookplates. In scarce, original jacket with chipping to spine ends that does not affect text.

Synopsis

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.

Read More: Identifying first editions of The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Reviews

On Oct 5 2010, Sergerca said:
We all have a worldview (don't we?) that influences just about everything we encounter. Literature is no exception. Perhaps that is why I thought the main point of Thornton Wilder's outstanding The Bridge of San Luis Rey was so obvious.In many of the reviews I've read, many have stated that Wilder leaves the main conclusion up to the reader. I must disagree. The final line, so quoted by many of the reviewers, makes it all very clear to me. "All those impulses of love return to the love that made them." Perhaps, had Wilder capitalized the second "love" more would have drawn the same conclusion as I. That love is, of course, the love of the Father. This short book is rooted in Christian realism -- summed up in that final page. Life and God's ways as they pertain to life, are a mystery to the believer. Seemingly saintly people die far too early in inexplicable circumstances-- a bridge that has lasted for centuries one day breaks under the weight of an old woman, a cripple, an old man, a young girl, and a young man. But the "why" is not for us to know. We all must live in the comfort that it is His will that reigns, not ours, and that the love which sustained us in this life will see us to the next. Perhaps Brother Juniper found his answer. I know I recognized mine.

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Graver & Pen Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
BOOKS001931I
Title
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Author
Wilder, Thornton
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st
Publisher
Albert and Charles Boni
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1927

Terms of Sale

Graver & Pen Rare Books

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

About the Seller

Graver & Pen Rare Books

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2021
Midland, Michigan

About Graver & Pen Rare Books

Online bookseller specializing in literature, general stock

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

tracking-