The Eighth Day
by Thornton Wilder
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0140087885
- ISBN 13
- 9780140087888
- Seller
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Wellington, Greater Wellington, New Zealand
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About This Item
Synopsis
Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes and won the National Book Award in 1968 for his famous novel, The Eighth Day . The story is set in a mining town in southern Illinois in the early 1900’s. John Ashley, a gifted engineer as well as an accused murderer, has been sentenced to death for the shooting of his best friend during their friendly weekly rifle practice. His flight to freedom comes on the eve of his execution and the mystery continues to haunt the victim’s young wife and children. The book moves forward and backward in time to explore the reactions of the community and of the family to the bizarre events that transpire. A beautifully written family sage by one of America’s most epic authors.
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- Bookseller
- Book Haven (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1359875
- Title
- The Eighth Day
- Author
- Thornton Wilder
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140087885
- ISBN 13
- 9780140087888
- Publisher
- Penguin Modern Classics / Penguin Books Ltd 1987 Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Pages
- 400
- Keywords
- Fiction, Classics
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....