Thornton Wilder: A Life

Title: Thornton Wilder: A Life
Author: Penelope Niven
ISBN: 9780060831363
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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"Thornton Wilder: A Life 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

"Comprehensive and wisely fashioned....This book is a splendid and long needed work."
--Edward Albee, playwright

Thornton Wilder--three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and beloved novels like Bridge of San Luis Ray and Theophilus North--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 Thornton Wilder: A Life, author Penelope Niven pulls back the curtain to present a fascinating, three-dimensional portrait one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.