{"product_id":"thornton-wilder-paperback","title":"Thornton Wilder - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenelope Niven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e brings readers face to face with the extraordinary man who made words come alive around the world, on the stage and on the page.\" --James Earl Jones, actor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Comprehensive and wisely fashioned....A splendid and long needed work.\" --Edward Albee, playwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThornton Wilder--three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Skin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e, and beloved novels like \u003cem\u003eBridge of San Luis Ray\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTheophilus North\u003c\/em\u003e--was much more than a pivotal figure in twentieth century American theater and literature. He was a world-traveler, a student, a teacher, a soldier, an actor, a son, a brother, and a complex, intensely private man who kept his personal life a secret. In \u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e, author Penelope Niven pulls back the curtain to present a fascinating, three-dimensional portrait one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e, the first biography of the playwright and novelist since 1983, is based on unprecedented research: thousands of pages of letters, journals, manuscripts, and other documentary evidence of Wilder's life, work, and times. Biographer Penelope Niven mined Wilder's personal archives for more than a decade, and has produced a book that illuminates his professional life anew and reveals an enigmatic, intensely private man who wandered the world, writing, he said, for and about everybody. Even today, he has a global audience. His novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge of San Luis Rey\u003c\/em\u003e, remain in print all over the world. His plays, especially the iconic \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e and the revolutionary \u003cem\u003eSkin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e, are touchstones of modern theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed, \u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e brings one of our country's most beloved playwrights to center stage and unseals his hidden inner self, apparent only here and there in his art and in his papers.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003e--James Earl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e, the first biography of the playwright and novelist since 1983, is based on unprecedented research: thousands of pages of letters, journals, manuscripts, and other documentary evidence of Wilder's life, work, and times. Biographer Penelope Niven mined Wilder's personal archives for more than a decade, and has produced a book that illuminates his professional life anew and reveals an enigmatic, intensely private man who wandered the world, writing, he said, for and about everybody. Even today, he has a global audience. His novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge of San Luis Rey\u003c\/em\u003e, remain in print all over the world. His plays, especially the iconic \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e and the revolutionary \u003cem\u003eSkin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e, are touchstones of modern theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed, \u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e brings one of our country's most beloved playwrights to center stage and unseals his hidden inner self, apparent only here and there in his art and in his papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.46 x 9.06 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47192528257273,"sku":"9780060831370","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vlcN3FlaDN9780060831370.webp?v=1767899145","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/thornton-wilder-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}