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.......

Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to bring back realism and to celebrate the innocent, simple and religious....

THE CABALA, Thornton Wilder\"s first novel, marked the debut of an already mature and developed talent. Set in Rome in the early 20th century, it concerns a dazzling, sophisticated, and ultimately pathetic circle of people who dwell at the highest reaches of Roman aristocratic society....

An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a meaningless human tragedy. But one witness, a Franciscan monk, believes the deaths might not be as random as they appear. Convinced that the disaster is a punishment sent from Heaven, the monk sets out to discover all he can about the travellers....

Just as the film Hoosiers captured the poignant spirit of Indiana high school basketball, The Road to Paradise tells the story of an unlikely and unexpected football champion - an unproven team without a football pedigree....

An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a meaningless human tragedy. But one witness, a Franciscan monk, believes the deaths might not be as random as they appear. Convinced that the disaster is a punishment sent from Heaven, the monk sets out to discover all he can about the travellers....

Торнтон Уайлдер - знаменитый американский писатель, автор таких романов, как \\\"Мартовские Иды\\\", \\\"Мост короля Людовика Святого\\\", \\\"День восьмой\\\", \\\"Каббала\\\"....