The Bridge of San Luis Rey
American novelist, 1897–1975. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1928 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1968.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1927 novella by Thornton Wilder. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1928.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Thornton Wilder
- First published
- 1927
- Length
- 128 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1928
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Philosophical, Religion and faith
Is The Bridge of San Luis Rey worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 37 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1928) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2000), 128 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2000)
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN
- 9780141184258
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 21% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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