Our Town; the Skin of Our Teeth; the Matchmaker - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140480277 ISBN 13 : 9780140480276

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1982

Synopsis

Book by Thornton Wilder

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. His Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). Wilder's The Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly!. He also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, the opera, and films. (His screenplay for Hitchcock's Shadow of Doubt [1943] remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day.) Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This beautiful new edition features an eyeopening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0140480277
• ISBN 13: 9780140480276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288