Project Gutenberg 2024-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 91 Wilder, Thornton 1897 1975 Wilder, Thornton Niven Hedman, Valfrid 1872 1939 The bridge of San Luis Rey. Finnish San Luis Reyn silta $aHämeenlinna :$bArvi A. Karisto Oy, $c1958. Tuula Temonen "San Luis Reyn silta" by Thornton Wilder is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story opens with the dramatic collapse of a bridge in Peru, leading to the deaths of five travelers, which sets off an exploration of fate, coincidence, and divine purpose. The narrative is centered around Brother Juniper, who becomes obsessed with understanding the significance of this tragic event and dives into the lives of the victims to uncover any hidden patterns or divine intentions behind their untimely demise. At the start of the novel, Wilder introduces the catastrophic event of the San Luis Rey bridge breaking on a fateful afternoon in July 1714, which shocks the local population of Lima. Brother Juniper witnesses the disaster and contemplates whether it was mere chance or part of a greater plan orchestrated by a higher power. He decides to investigate the lives of the five people who perished, driven by a desire to uncover the relationship between their individual destinies and the nature of divine intervention. His quest for answers propels the narrative forward, hinting at deeper themes of faith, fate, and the unpredictable nature of human existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240317112257wilder 1958 FI Reading ease score: 41.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Historical fiction Peru -- Fiction Accident victims -- Fiction Bridges -- Accidents -- Peru -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 246969 2025-07-29T07:05:55.571585 text/html 246784 2024-12-30T08:29:03.141327 text/html 163635 2025-07-29T07:06:02.000515 application/epub+zip 166539 2025-07-29T07:05:58.469562 application/epub+zip 158121 2025-07-29T07:05:57.362546 application/epub+zip 316130 2025-07-29T07:06:04.620527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301575 2025-07-29T07:06:01.358538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228595 2025-07-29T07:05:55.268569 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208853 2024-05-10T14:58:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16990 2025-07-29T07:06:04.921500 application/rdf+xml 14677 2025-07-29T07:05:57.884530 image/jpeg 3826 2025-07-29T07:05:57.622532 image/jpeg 165135 2025-07-29T07:05:55.593553 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia