The Cabala / Heaven's My Destination / Our Town

The Cabala / Heaven’s My Destination / Our Town

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by Thornton Wilder

Three prolific works of Thornton Wilder in one edition

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Description

The Cabala

A young American student spends a year in the exotic world of post-World War I Rome. While there, he experiences firsthand the waning days of a secret community (a “cabala”) of decaying royalty, a great cardinal of the Roman Church, and an assortment of memorable American ex-pats. The Cabala, a semiautobiographical novel of unforgettable characters and human passions, launched Wilder’s career as a celebrated storyteller and dramatist.

Heaven’s My Destination

Drawing on such unique sources as the author’s unpublished letters, business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder’s Afterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world.

Meet George Marvin Brush—Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder’s most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of America itself.

Our Town

Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover’s Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder’s most renowned and most frequently performed play.

Additional information

Book Condition

Used – Good
Cover

Hardcover
Size

382 pages
Published

1988 by Raduga
First published 1926 / 1935 / 1936
Genre

Fiction, Classics
Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1938), New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Nominee for Best American Play (1938)

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