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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
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While the plot of the story did not necessarily entrance me, the writing certainly did. This is the first work of Wilder's which I have read (I have seen productions of Our Town, but I am not counting those). His writing is...I don't even know how to describe it. Clear and smooth and polished. It is simple, yet refined. It reminded me of F. Scott Fitzgerald in a way; perhaps because they were contemporaries. Wilder seems to have mastered the beauty of simplicity and letting his characters and his novel speak for themselves. The book is short, but brilliant.
While the plot of the story did not necessarily entrance me, the writing certainly did. This is the first work of Wilder's which I have read (I have seen productions of Our Town, but I am not counting those). His writing is...I don't even know how to describe it. Clear and smooth and polished. It is simple, yet refined. It reminded me of F. Scott Fitzgerald in a way; perhaps because they were contemporaries. Wilder seems to have mastered the beauty of simplicity and letting his characters and his novel speak for themselves. The book is short, but brilliant.