| Description |
235 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Awards |
Pulitzer Prize, Novel, 1928. |
| Summary |
Set in 18th century Lima, Peru, a rickety bridge which has spanned a deep gorge for ages suddenly breaks, and five people plunge to their deaths. A priest who is deeply affected by the catastrophe decides to make an investigative study of the lives of the victims to determine if he can find some clue to God's intention in casting five dis-associated mortals into eternity at precisely the same moment. |
| Note |
A preliminary issue of 21 copies have title enclosed with black rather than green rules, and variant binding; see Edelstein A2a; compare A2b (trade issue). |
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Trade issued bound in mauve cloth stamped in green and black; in green pictorial dust jacket printed in black, purple, and yellow, with price $2.50. |
| Indexed In: |
Edelstein, J.M. Wilder, A2a |
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Edelstein, J.M. Wilder, A2b |
| Subject |
Bridges -- Accidents -- Peru -- Fiction.
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Accident victims -- Fiction.
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Peru -- Fiction.
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Accident victims. (OCoLC)fst00795268
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Bridges -- Accidents.
(OCoLC)fst00838675
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Peru. (OCoLC)fst01205190
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CHR 1927.
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PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction.
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Autographs (Provenance)
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| Added Author |
Drevenstedt, Amy.
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Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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