The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1927 novel by Thornton Wilder that explores fate, faith, and human connection through the stories of five people who die in a bridge collapse in Peru.
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Thornton Wilder ⓘ |
| awarded |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
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| awardYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | Heaven’s My Destination ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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philosophical novel ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 film) ⓘ The Bridge of San Luis Rey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1958 television film)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)
radio drama adaptations ⓘ |
| influence | considered a classic of 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
faith
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fate ⓘ human connection ⓘ love ⓘ meaning of suffering ⓘ the problem of evil ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | frame narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interconnected lives of the bridge victims and those around them ⓘ |
| narratorType | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Brother Juniper
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Camila Perichole ⓘ Doña María, the Marquesa de Montemayor ⓘ Esteban ⓘ Manuel ⓘ Pepita ⓘ Uncle Pio ⓘ |
| openingEvent | collapse of the Bridge of San Luis Rey ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | Thornton Wilder’s second novel ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Five people die in the collapse of a bridge in Peru, and a monk investigates their lives to understand why they died ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Cabala ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Albert and Charles Boni
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Albert & Charles Boni
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| questionExplored |
whether love is a justification for human existence
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whether there is a divine plan behind human suffering ⓘ |
| religiousContext | set in Catholic colonial Peru ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Peru ⓘ |
| settingTime | 18th century ⓘ |
| structure | divided into parts focusing on each victim and the aftermath ⓘ |
| symbol | bridge as a symbol of connection between lives and God ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | named after a fictional bridge in Peru ⓘ |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 film)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1958 television film)
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)
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Thornton Wilder