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Thornton Wilder The eighth day, Theophilus North, Autobiographical writings

McClatchy, J D more...
Library of America (Hardcover) more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: The Library of America
Imprint: The Library of America
Publication Date: 2/02/2012
Place of Publication: United States

RRP: $39.95
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The brilliant later novels and never-before-published autobiographical writings of the author of Our Town. The best thing he ever wrote,' observed Edmund Wilson of Thornton Wilder's National Book Award winner. The Eighth Day (1967), an enthralling novel that shows Wilder revisiting the small-town America of Our Town to fashion a philosophical whodunit. A wrongful conviction for murder and a daring rescue lead to a meditation on justice, destiny, and 'the impassioned will,' for which 'nothing is impossible.' Wilder's last novel, the semi-autobiographical. Theophilus North (1973), is an affectionate portrait of Newport, Rhode Island, in the 1920s and a playful, valedictory glance at Wilder's young manhood.