Description: * CONTENTS: The Cabala (1), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (111), The Woman of Andros (193), Heaven's My Destination (249), The Ides of March (409), Early Stories (607), Essays on Fiction (645); Chronology (697), Note on the Texts (711), Notes (714) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Thornton Wilder was the rare writer whose achievements as a playwright were matched by equal abilities as a novelist. As companion to its volume of Wilder's collected plays, The LOA edition of his early novels & stories brings together 5 novels that highlight his wit, erudition, innovative formal structures, & philosophical wisdom. The volume concludes w/ a selection of early short stories, among them "Précautions Inutiles", published here for the first time, & a selection of essays that offers Wilder's insights into the works of Stein & Joyce, as well as a lecture on letter writers that bears on both "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" & "The Ides of March". * ABOUT THE EDITOR: J. D. MCCLATCHY (1945?2018) was the author of many books of poetry & essays, including "Plundered Hearts: New & Selected Poems" (2014), & the editor of 9 LOA publications. He wrote the libretto for Ned Rorem's operatic version of "Our Town", taught at Yale University, & served as editor of The Yale Review. Still in original shrink wrap, brand new.
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Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Vintage: No
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Type: Novel
Era: 1930s
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Thornton Wilder: the Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Novels 1926-1948 (LOA #194) : The Cabala / the Bridge of San Luis Rey / the Woman of Andros / Heaven's My Destination / the Ides of March / Stories and Essays
Number of Pages: 750 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Library of America, T.H.E.
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: Psychological, Literary, Historical
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Author: Thornton Wilder
Item Length: 8.1 in
Item Width: 5.2 in
Book Series: Library of America Thornton Wilder Edition Ser.
Format: Hardcover
