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The bridge is love

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

August 30, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr12bingo Roaring Twenties I know I read this book in high school, but I didn’t remember much about it before re-reading it this week. I think it’s the kind of novel that means more to you the more you’ve lived and seen of the world, and reading it in our very troubled times was a kind of balm for the soul. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, published in 1927 and winner of the 1928 Pulitzer, is the fictional story of five people whose lives […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton WIlder

ElCicco's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton WIlder ·
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Two Dystopia, South America, a dog, and the South walk across a bridge

December 24, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Brave New World – 4/5 Stars Another book I read in high school and college, but hadn’t re-read for 15 or so years. I was thinking about using this for a unit on dystopian literature in my English 12 Special Ed classes, but for a few reasons and a few conversations I don’t really want to have with students, I don’t think I will after all. For one, the sexuality in the book is a lot more forward than I originally remembered, and includes some […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: aldous huxley, brave new world, call of the wild, Evgeny Zamyatin, Go Set a Watchman, harper lee, Jack London, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton WIlder, We

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:517 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: aldous huxley, brave new world, call of the wild, Evgeny Zamyatin, Go Set a Watchman, harper lee, Jack London, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton WIlder, We ·
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