The Bridge of San Luis Rey: To the End

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to dig into the end of Thornton Wilder’s lovely novel and in this episode we’re discussing the impact (and epilogue-like nature) of the final chapter, the spiritual contemplations inherent in the narrative, the way Wilder manages to say something powerful about the nature of love, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern. I'm Heidi White. And I'm Sean Johnson. And you're listening to Close Reads,
0:08.3	a podcast for The Incurable Reader, on which we are discussing Thornton Wilder's novel, The Bridge of
0:14.0	San Luis Ray. We're going to discuss the entire book now. It's a three-part series, and we talked about
0:20.6	the first three parts last time.
0:22.0	Now we're going to talk about the last two parts, but also the whole thing. So here we are at the end.
0:27.6	We've crossed the bridge, and we've come to the end. But I appreciate the compliment, Heidi.
0:34.2	I appreciate the support. Always. How are you, Heidi?
0:37.8	Good effort.
0:38.5	I'm doing great.
0:40.1	I have two things to say.
0:42.2	One is that I wish this book was longer.
0:44.6	I love it.
0:46.7	And it's, wow.
0:49.0	It's just so good.
0:50.0	And I wish it was longer.
0:50.9	And the other is that I just got my manuscript back from you, David,
0:55.9	with all the edits.
0:57.3	That's right.
0:57.7	I got it in the mail.
1:00.6	And I feel like there's some work to do, but it's not the worst book ever written.
1:06.0	So I'm pretty excited.
1:08.1	It's coming out, Jeff Listeners, this year.
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