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“The essence of Mr. Wilder’s book is really the feeling in it; it is a ‘notation of the heart’ with sympathy. Gaily or sadly, but always with understanding, a belief in the miracle of love runs through it all.” (Times Literary Supplement (London))
"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, one of the towering achievements in American fiction, and a novel beloved throughout the world.
By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His search leads to his own death - and to Wilder’s timeless investigation into the nature of love and the meaning of the human condition.
This edition includes a foreword by acclaimed author Russell Banks and features previously unpublished notes and other illuminating documentary material about the novel and author.
Copyright (c) 1927 by Albert & Charles Boni, Inc. Copyright renewed (c) 1955 by Thornton Wilder. Copyright 2002 by the Wilder Family LLC. Foreword copyright (c) 2003 by Russell Banks. Afterword copyright (c) 2003, 2014 by Tappan Wilder.
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In eighteenth-century Peru, a rope bridge collapses, dropping five people to tragic deaths in the gorge below. In the aftermath, Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar and a witness to the disaster, strives to comprehend why these five people were fated to die in this way. Was it, he wonders, some form of divine Providence, or was it arbitrary and unrelated to the manner in which these people had led their lives?
De: Thornton Wilder
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The Lovers
- A Novel
- De: Paolo Cognetti
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
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Fausto moves to Fontana Fredda—Cold Fountain—a small, remote village high in the mountains, having left Milan and an old love behind. Out of the way and off the beaten path, Fontana Fredda is a town that operates by its own rules, sense of time, and movement of seasons. Its citizens lead quiet but complex lives—and Fausto is attracted to that contrast. There’s Santorso, the former forest ranger who prefers the company of wolves to humans. Babette, the elegant ex-urbanite who, after a brief fling with a mountain man, opened a permanent fixture in the village.
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Ernest and sincere
- De Michelle en 11-22-22
De: Paolo Cognetti
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- De: Thornton Wilder
- Narrado por: Sam Waterston
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
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Wilder's stories consistently explored the connections between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, always returning to fundamental questions about the meaning of life. This Pulitzer Prize-winning tale concerns the lives of five people who fall to their deaths from a Peruvian rope bridge in 1714. A humble Franciscan, Brother Juniper, witnesses the accident and determines to learn about the lives of the victims in order to find out whether this accident happened by chance or by plan.
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Excellent Story, But Poor Audiobook Technically
- De RKL en 11-15-13
De: Thornton Wilder
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- De: Thornton Wilder
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 2 h y 59 m
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Set in Peru in the summer of 1714, this novel tells the tale of a group of interrelated people who perish following the collapse of an Inca rope bridge. A Franciscan friar, Brother Juniper, witnesses the accident and sets out to find out more about each victim, seeking answers—cosmic or otherwise—as to why they had to die. In his quest, Brother Juniper spends six years trying to interview as many people that knew the victims as he can, seeking to prove that both their beginning and their end was part of God's plan for each victim.
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Book of Longing
- De: Leonard Cohen
- Narrado por: Leonard Cohen
- Duración: 3 h y 12 m
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Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing - his first book of poetry in more than 20 years after 1984's Book of Mercy - during his five-year stay at a Zen monastery on Southern California's Mount Baldy, and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. This dazzling collection of poetry is timeless, meditative, and often darkly humorous.
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Cohen reading his own poetry is exquisite
- De Cheryl en 06-18-19
De: Leonard Cohen
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The Five Times I Met Myself
- De: James L. Rubart
- Narrado por: James Rubart
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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Brock Matthews’ once promising life is unraveling. His coffee company. His marriage. So when he discovers his vivid dreams—where he encounters his younger self—might let him change his past mistakes, he jumps at the chance. The results are astonishing, but also disturbing. Because getting what Brock wants most in the world will force him to give up the one thing he doesn’t know how to let go...and his greatest fear is that it’s already too late.
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His Best Book Yet
- De NorthCA en 05-04-24
De: James L. Rubart
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The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript
- De: Mark L. Levine - editor, George C. McNamee - editor, Daniel Greenberg - editor, y otros
- Narrado por: J. K. Simmons, Jeff Daniels, Chris Jackson, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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In the fall of 1969 eight prominent anti-Vietnam War activists were put on trial for conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. One of the eight, Black Panther cofounder Bobby Seale, was literally bound and gagged in court by order of the judge, Julius Hoffman, and his case was separated from that of the others.
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Reminiscent of current discourse
- De Stephen Snead en 01-16-21
De: Mark L. Levine - editor, y otros
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Trailerpark
- De: Russell Banks
- Narrado por: Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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Get to know the colorful cast of characters at the Granite State Trailerpark, where Flora in number 11 keeps more than a hundred guinea pigs and screams at people to stay away from her babies, Claudel in number 5 thinks he is lucky until his wife burns down their trailer and runs off with Howie Leeke, and Noni in number 7 has telephone conversations with Jesus and tells the police about them. Russell Banks offers gripping, realistic portrayals of individual Americans and paints a portrait of New England life that is at once dark, witty, and revealing.
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A Good Family
- De: A. H. Kim
- Narrado por: Abby Craden, Joy Osmanski, Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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Beth is the darling of God Halsa, a pharmaceutical giant, and she’s got the outrageous salary and lifestyle to prove it. Until she lands in white-collar women’s prison, thanks to a high-profile whistleblower suit. Sam, Beth’s husband, used to be the town’s most eligible bachelor, and he’s never had to do anything for himself. Until his wife goes to jail, and he’s left to raise two daughters on his own. Lise, the au pair, is the whistle-blower. But is she? Everyone knows she’s not clever enough to have done it alone.
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very not good
- De Dave en 12-11-20
De: A. H. Kim
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The Beautiful Things Shoppe
- De: Philip William Stover
- Narrado por: Michael Dean, Kale Williams
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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Moving to eclectic New Hope, Pennsylvania, and running The Beautiful Things Shoppe is a dream come true for elegant and reserved fine arts dealer Prescott J. Henderson. He never agreed to share the space with Danny Roman, an easygoing extrovert who collects retro toys and colorful knickknacks. And yet here they are, trapped together in the quaint shop as they scramble to open in time for New Hope’s charming Winter Festival.
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All the Feels!
- De Queen of Halloween en 02-04-21
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Leaves of Grass
- The Original 1855 Edition
- De: Walt Whitman, American Renaissance Books
- Narrado por: Sam Torode
- Duración: 4 h y 40 m
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When Walt Whitman self-published "Leaves of Grass" in 1855, he rocked the literary world and forever changed the course of poetry. In subsequent editions, Whitman continued to revise and expand his poems - but none matched the raw power and immediacy of the first edition. This volume presents the 1855 "Leaves of Grass" in its entirety, unchanged, along with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous letter to Whitman.
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A brilliant classic
- De Phil F. en 12-02-18
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The Price of Time
- De: Tim Tigner
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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There’s a secret in Silicon Valley. A discovery. An invention. One so startling and surprisingly sinister that it needs to be kept - at any price. Tim Tigner takes a step back from his best-selling Kyle Achilles series to introduce Zachary Chase and Skylar Fawkes in a fresh stand-alone novel that’s bound to keep you glued and guessing. With secret meetings, sudden disappearances and strange murders, secret agents, skillful assassins, and sexy locations, The Price of Time is packed with fast-paced action and first-class intellectual intrigue.
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Thrilling and Thought Provoking
- De Brad en 05-02-19
De: Tim Tigner
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- De: Thornton Wilder
- Narrado por: Gary D. MacFadden
- Duración: 3 h y 40 m
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Five people are killed when a heavily traveled rope bridge in Peru collapses. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar, witnesses this event and this sets him on a quest: Who were each of these individuals? Why do unfortunate events happen to innocent or undeserving people? What led to these people being on the bridge at the fateful moment? While many view this novel as a serious reflection on life, death, and love, this narration highlights Wilder’s tongue-in-cheek stance, suggesting the author used humor, irony, and even sarcasm to examine faith, fate, and chance.
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The Taking of Jemima Boone
- Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America
- De: Matthew Pearl
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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In this enthralling narrative in the tradition of Candice Millard and David Grann, Matthew Pearl unearths a forgotten and dramatic series of events from early in the Revolutionary War that opens a window into America’s transition from colony to nation, with the heavy moral costs incurred amid shocking new alliances and betrayals.
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An American story with variety of perspectives
- De James en 11-12-21
De: Matthew Pearl
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Getting Good with Money
- Pay Off Your Debt and Find a Life of Freedom - Without Losing Your Mind
- De: Jessi Fearon
- Narrado por: Jessi Fearon
- Duración: 3 h y 57 m
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Managing your money and finances can be stressful and can take a toll on your relationships and well-being. But it doesn't have to be that way. Join certified financial coach and mom Jessi Fearon as she helps you get a handle on your finances and lays out the doable steps her family took to pay off all their debts--including their mortgage!--and pursue their dreams, all on a $47,000-a-year salary.
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Great book! Really got me thinking.
- De Malachi en 01-30-22
De: Jessi Fearon
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Wanderlust, USA
- An Uber-Curious Guide to Sassy American Pastimes
- De: Flula Borg
- Narrado por: Flula Borg
- Duración: 4 h y 26 m
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Flula Borg's fascination with America and its "peoples" have warmed hearts nationwide. A frequent guest of Conan O’Brien, the German-born actor and multi-talented entertainer (think Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat crossed with Billy Eichner) fell in love with the United States upon his first visit as a young boy. Throughout his career, he has succeeded in regaling audiences with stories from his outlandish travel exploits while paying homage to his German upbringing, culminating in a personality that is supercharged and charmingly wholesome.
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French Virus Cyborgs go a wandering
- De Amazon Customer en 07-26-20
De: Flula Borg
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Le Morte D'Arthur
- De: Sir Thomas Malory
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 37 h y 26 m
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To the modern eye, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have many similarities to our own contemporary super-heroes. Equipped with magical powers, enchanted swords, super-strength, and countless villains to take on, they protect the weak and innocent and adhere to their own code of honor. Comparing Batman, Superman, and Captain America to Sir Launcelot, Sir Tristram, and Sir Galahad isn't a huge leap of the imagination.
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This is my go-to audio version of Malory
- De Arthurian Tapestry en 03-16-19
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Who Is Wellness For?
- An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
- De: Fariha Róisín
- Narrado por: Fariha Róisín
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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The multi-disciplinary artist and author of Like a Bird and How to Cure a Ghost explores the commodification and appropriation of wellness through the lens of social justice, providing resources to help anyone participate in self-care, regardless of race, identity, socioeconomic status or able-bodiedness.
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The book I didn’t realize i so desperately needed to hear
- De Jillian Pelletier en 06-22-22
De: Fariha Róisín
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Wisdom Literature
A classic from the 1920s, this novel presents the reader with philosophic questions regarding God, life and how to live a fulfilled life.
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- Mountain K9iner
- 04-10-23
powerful novel, mediocre narration
A story that is worth multiple readings, and may require more than one reading to fully appreciate. Unfortunately this narrator does not do the novel justice. His voices are not believable, and in many cases are lifeless. The afterword states that the novel has yet to be transformed into a compelling stage or film production. I would say this narration needs to be added to the list of disappointing performances.
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- Laura Blanco
- 01-21-23
Excellently done
I have never had the class where this was read. It was sad, but each story was part of the village tragedy. Great for a rainy day.
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- David C.
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The Metaphysics of Learning To Fly
On Friday, July 20, 1714, a century old rope bridge woven by Inca builders that spanned a gap on the road between Lima and Cusco, Peru suddenly collapsed, carrying five people to their death in the chasm hundreds of feet below. Witnessed by a priest, he became obsessed with trying to ascertain the ecclesiastical message to be derived from the claiming of these specific victims.
Such is the premise as Father Juniper sets about interviewing those who best knew those involved to determine why they happened to be at that specific time, a crossing Father Juniper himself would have been making just a few minutes later.
As Thornton Wilder's second novel, his poignant story was very short in comparison to contemporary novels but an immediate best seller which has been in continuous print since its premier in 1927. It earned him the Pulitzer in 1928 and found him on the short list for the Nobel Prize for years following.
The novel is often required reading for American Literature classes but many have come to love the work until they read it again in the full bloom of adulthood. It is included on the list of the Modern Library's Top 100 novels but has received a resurging interest in the 20th Century since 9/11 as the imagery of those who plunged to their deaths from the World Trade Center drew parallels to those in the story. In tributes following this and the Mississippi River Bridge Minnesota, speakers have referenced the novel specifically the last four lines, as particularly poignant.
It's an excellent novel, amazing in its sensitivity in an era when novels by male writers of the time were drenched in bravado.
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- Erik Mambetakunov
- 05-31-20
Female narratives
Female narratives sound unnatural. Performance and the underlining dramatic characters are completely different. Dona Maria’s letters sound like Mary Poppins.
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- kmilesmcleod
- 12-07-23
More like a religious sermon than a novel
This is one of the shortest books I've listened to, yet it seemed interminably long and painfully dull.
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