Book · 1927 · Accident victims
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Thorton Wilder is just a really interesting writer in that his novels were great the bridge of s Louis Ray actually one of those books that you think oh yeah they they make high school students read that they make high school students read it for a reason.
Ann Patchett · The Book Review · Aug 2023 Listen at 16:27 Where and when it comes up
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder is a classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that investigates the lives of five individuals who perish when a Peruvian rope bridge collapses, exploring the theological and existential question of why tragedy strikes specific people. On The Book Review, Ann Patchett discussed the enduring literary value of the novel, noting that while it is frequently assigned reading in high schools, it holds that status for very good reasons. Jack Carr shared a deeply personal connection to the work on multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, recalling how his father gave him the book when he was a child. Carr repeatedly brought up the premise of the narrative—how the victims happened to be on the collapsing structure at that exact moment—to ponder the concepts of fate, destiny, and the intricate paths that lead individuals to decisive moments in their lives. Additionally, Bill Burr mentioned the novel on the Monday Morning Podcast while researching Thornton Wilder's background, highlighting the author's notable literary achievements alongside his famous plays like Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Across these conversations, the book was consistently recognized as a profound meditation on mortality, human interconnectedness, and the mysterious forces that govern our everyday existence.
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Jack Carr my daddy gave me a book a long time ago when I was a kid called the bridge in s Louis Ray and it's about th… 3
“my daddy gave me a book a long time ago when I was a kid called the bridge in s Louis Ray and it's about these people that are on this bridge collapses and uh it's in central sou South South America somewhere and all they all die”
“I my daddy gave me a book a long time ago when I was a kid called the bridge in s Louis Ray and it's about these people that are on this bridge collapses”
“and there's a book called the bridge at San Liu array and there's like I forget how many people will say five or six people that are on this bridge and it collapses and the story is how each one of them got to be on that bridge”
Ann Patchett Thorton Wilder is just a really interesting writer in that his novels were great the bridge of s Louis Ray… 1
“Thorton Wilder is just a really interesting writer in that his novels were great the bridge of s Louis Ray actually one of those books that you think oh yeah they they make high school students read that they make high school students read it for a reason”
Bill Burr he won three Pulitzer Prizes for the novel the bridge of San Liu Irae in the plays our town in the skin of… 1
“he won three Pulitzer Prizes for the novel the bridge of San Liu Irae in the plays our town in the skin of our teeth”