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Carregando... The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)de Thornton Wilder
![]() » 31 mais Metafiction (42) Top Five Books of 2018 (398) Short and Sweet (105) Books Read in 2020 (726) Books Read in 2017 (967) 1920s (30) Books Read in 2022 (2,805) discontinued (2) Books with Twins (31) CCE 1000 Good Books List (279) Schwob Nederland (42) al.vick-parents books (105) Accidents in Fiction (14) My Favourite Books (72) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Ma il pensiero che colpi’ frate Ginepro fu un altro: “Perche’ e’ toccata a quei cinque?”. Se esiste nell’universo qualche piano, se nella vita umana v’e’ un disegno, certo lo si puo’ scoprire, misteriosamente latente, in quelle vite cosi’ improvvisamente trovate. O noi siamo vivi per caso, e per caso moriamo, o viviamo secondo un piano, e secondo un piano moriamo. (13) La Natura e’ sorda. Dio e’ indifferente. Nulla di quanto l’uomo fa puo’ cambiare il corso delle leggi. Allora, a qualche angolo di strada, Dona Maria si fermava presa da un vortice di disperazione, e, appoggiatasi al muro, spasimava di uscire da un mondo che non ha alcun disegno. Ma tosto la fede nel grande Forse insorgeva dal piu’ profondo del suo essere, e si dirigeva verso casa di corsa, ... (44) Vi risparmiero’ le deduzioni di frate Ginepro: le incontriamo ad ogni passo. Egli credette di vedere, nella grande catastrofe, i perversi colpiti dalla distruzione e gli innocenti chiamati giovani in Cielo. Gli parve di vedere l’orgoglio e la ricchezza confusi come un esempio al mondo, e gli parve di vedere l’umilta’ incoronata e ricompensata, a edificazione della citta’. Ma frate Ginepro non rimase soddisfatto delle sue ragioni. (132) I expected more from this book given its high ratings by some and the fact that it won the Pulitzer. I did like it and found it entertaining - not earth shattering. I will probably remember this book due to its unusual premise: a monk tries to find out why 5 people fell to their deaths when a bridge collapses in Peru. There are basically 3 stories about 3 of the people who died. There are a few others that bring the 3 stories together in a nice, loose way. I don't really have anything negative to say about the book - it just didn't have all that I hoped it would have. La caída en julio de 1714 del "puente más bonito de todo el Perú" y la consecuente muerte de 5 viajeros, indice a un fraile franciscano a iniciar una investigación acerca de las causas del accidente que, por caminos inesperados, le pondrá a las puertas de la muerte en la hoguera. La emocionante peripecia y la colorista reporducción del Perú de los vireyes, bajo el Imperio español, no ocultan sin embargo una aguda exposición de lo que es, esencialmente, una cuestión metafísica: la naturaleza de la voluntad divina. paperback
It is no exaggeration to say that on second reading I was completely blown away, not so much by Wilder's sensitive treatment of his central theme as by the richness and power of his prose. It is an entirely remarkable book, it has lost none of its pertinence in the eight decades since its publication, and I'm very glad indeed that my old friend sent me back to it. Pertence à série publicadaHarper Perennial Olive Editions (2015 Olive) Lanterne (L 203) — 14 mais Penguin Books (332) Pocket Books (9) The Pocket Library (PL-36) Reader's Enrichment Series (RE 102) De Roos (ex. 106), (ex. 106) Stichting De Roos (135) Wereldbibliotheek-vereniging (1951) Está contido emBest-in-Books: Treasure of Pleasant Valley / Best of H.T. Webster / Bridge of San Luis Rey / Think Fast Mr. Moto / Hawaii / H.R.H. / Story of Philip / Answer / Sea Fights and Shipwrecks de Best-in-Books Tem a adaptaçãoÉ expandida emTem como estudoTem um guia de estudo para estudantes
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder's second novel, won him the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes. The novel opens in the aftermath of an inexplicable tragedy-a tiny footbridge in Peru breaks, and five travelers hurtle to their deaths. Most townspeople think to themselves with secret joy, "Within 10 minutes myself...." But for Brother Juniper, a humble Franciscan friar who witnesses the catastrophe, the question is inescapable: Why those five? Suddenly, Brother Juniper is committed to discover what manner of lives these five disparate people led-and whether it was divine intervention that took their lives, or a capricious fate. Wilder maintained in his works that true meaning and beauty are found in ordinary experience. This is especially true of The Bridge of San Luis Rey. From the very beginning to the stunning conclusion, the listener is absorbed into the individual stories of the five victims, and how their destinies intertwine. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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![]() GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:![]()
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