《The Bridge of San Luis Rey》

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 people hurtle to their deaths. For Brother Juniper, a humble monk who witnesses the catastrophe, the question is inescapable: Why those five? Suddenly, Brother Juniper is committed to discover what manner of lives they led -- and whether it was divine intervention that took their lives, or a capricious fate.