A philosophical novel that follows a friar investigating the collapse of a Peruvian bridge that kills five people. Interweaving the lives of the Marquesa de Montemayor, the orphans Pepita and Esteban, and Uncle Pio, it explores love, faith, chance, destiny, and humanity’s search for meaning.
Publisher: Penguin Books (later editions by Penguin Random House)
Language: English
Original language: English
Author: Thornton Wilder