glx » The Bridge of San Luis Rey http://glx.com Books and Graphics Thu, 27 May 2010 06:55:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Bridge of San Luis Rey http://glx.com/books/the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey/ http://glx.com/books/the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:50:29 +0000 glenl http://glx.com/books/the-bridge-of-san-luis-rey/ What keeps us from reading certain books? Here is Thornton Wilder, writer of Our Town, and Pulitzer Prize winner for his second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and I find myself facing a book that I should have read by now. Even now, looking through Wilder’s accomplishments, I am moved to read his first novel, The Cabala, just to know why it is not as famous, not a Pulitzer winner. What kind of force field repels my interest?

Enough. The book is in my hands; I have time, motivation, and hope. Hope that the reading will be as wonderfully lucid as Edmund Fuller promises.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate – that’s my philosophy.
- Thornton Wilder, from The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942

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