An edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)

The bridge of San Luis Rey

  • 3.71 ·
  • 7 Ratings
  • 51 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 3.71 ·
  • 7 Ratings
  • 51 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian
July 7, 2023 | History
An edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)

The bridge of San Luis Rey

  • 3.71 ·
  • 7 Ratings
  • 51 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927) tells the story of several unrelated people who happen to be on a bridge in Peru when it collapses, killing them. Philosophically, the book explores the problem of evil, or the question, of why unfortunate events occur to people who seem "innocent" or "undeserving". It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and in 1998 it was selected by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. The book was quoted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the memorial service for victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Since then its popularity has grown enormously. The book is the progenitor of the modern disaster epic in literature and film-making, where a single disaster intertwines the victims, whose lives are then explored by means of flashbacks to events before the disaster.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
140

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Novel
Sep 29, 2015, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: Bridge of San Luis Rey
Bridge of San Luis Rey
2006, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Bridge of San Luis Rey, tie-in The
Bridge of San Luis Rey, tie-in The
October 26, 2004, Perennial
Paperback in English - Mov Tie-in edition
Cover of: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1986, Perennial Library
in English - 1st Perennial Library ed.
Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey.
The bridge of San Luis Rey.
1963, Washington Square Press
Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
The bridge of San Luis Rey
1931, Longmans, Green and Co.
in English
Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
The bridge of San Luis Rey
1928, Longmans, Green
in English
Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
The bridge of San Luis Rey
1927, Grossett & Dunlap
in English
Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
The bridge of San Luis Rey
1927, Grosset & Dunlap
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Published in

London

Edition Notes

Originally published 1927.

Series
The Swan library -- v. 1

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.5
Library of Congress
PS3545.I345 W55 1931

The Physical Object

Pagination
140 pages
Number of pages
140

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31916806M
Internet Archive
bridegeofsanluis0000unse
OCLC/WorldCat
606221526

Links outside Open Library

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
July 7, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
March 13, 2022 Edited by Drini Merge works
March 13, 2022 Edited by Drini Merge works
March 13, 2022 Edited by Drini Merge works
December 8, 2009 Created by ImportBot add works page