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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1927 novel by American author Thornton Wilder that tells the story of several interrelated people who happen to be on an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to them being on the bridge at the time of its collapse and their deaths.[1]. 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. Philosophically, the book explores the problem of evil, or the question of why unfortunate events occur to people who seem "innocent" or "undeserving". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been created since ancient times as early as 100 AD. Simple suspension bridges, for use by pedestrians and livestock, are still constructed, based upon the ancient Inca rope bridge. ...
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The story makes use of two historical characters, the man who was Viceroy of Peru at the time and his lover, a street singer known as La Perichole, who, in real life, was named Micaela Villegas. Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) contained most of Spanish-ruled South America until the creation of the separate viceroyalties of New Granada (now Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá and Venezuela, the last-named previously in the Viceroyalty of New Spain) in 1717 and Río...
Original poster La Périchole is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach. ...
Maria Micaela Villegas Hurtado (September 28, 1748—May 16, 1819), known as La Perricholi, was arguably the most famous Peruvian woman of the eighteenth century. ...
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 20th-Century novels. The book was quoted by Tony Blair during the memorial service for victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001. The book was cited during the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse by Brian Williams of NBC News. The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...
In 1998 the Modern Library created a list of what are, in their opinion, the 100 best novels published since 1900. ...
For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...
A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
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This book was cited by John Hersey as a direct inspiration for his nonfiction work Hiroshima (1946). John Hersey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. ...
Hiroshima (ISBN 0-679-72103-7) is the title of a magazine article written by Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey that appeared in The New Yorker in August 1946, exactly one year after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a. ...
Film adaptations
Three films have been based on the novel, including: The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1929 drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Lili Damita and Don Alvarado. ...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1944 drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Lynn Bari, Francis Lederer, and Alla Nazimova. ...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 2004 drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and featuring an ensemble cast of American and international actors. ...
Popular culture It is quoted on the cover of British Sea Power's album, The Decline Of British Sea Power This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Decline of British Sea Power (2003) is the debut album of British Sea Power. ...
See also - List of bridge disasters
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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References - ^ John Noble Wilford. "How the Inca Leapt Canyons", The New York Times, 2007-05-08. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
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