{"product_id":"thornton-wilder-9780060831370","title":"Thornton Wilder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Comprehensive and wisely fashioned....A splendid and long needed work.\" --Edward Albee, playwright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThornton Wilder--three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, creator of such enduring stage works as \u003cem\u003eOur Town\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Skin of Our Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e, and beloved novels like \u003cem\u003eBridge of San Luis Ray\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTheophilus North\u003c\/em\u003e--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 \u003cem\u003eThornton Wilder: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e, author Penelope Niven pulls back the curtain to present a fascinating, three-dimensional portrait one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiven, Penelope:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePenelope Niven is the author of critically acclaimed biographies of poet Carl Sandburg and photographer Edward Steichen, as well as \u003cem\u003eSwimming Lessons\u003c\/em\u003e, a memoir, and \u003cem\u003eVoices and Silences\u003c\/em\u003e, coauthored with the actor James Earl Jones. She is the recipient of three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Thornton Wilder Visiting Fellowship at the Beinecke Library at Yale, and other fellowships and awards. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623669530898,"sku":"9780060831370","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6152b6ed-eab7-44c3-9bc4-67c105dcea03.jpg?v=1758643619","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thornton-wilder-9780060831370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}