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The eighth day kindle edition by salerni, dianne k. Our town, the matchmaker and the skin of our teeth. Thornton niven wilder was an american playwright and novelist. Thornton wilder books list of books by author thornton. The eighth day, recipient of the 1968 national book award, was written nearly thirty years after the premiere of our town and stands as the penultimate novel of thornton wilder s career. Thornton wilder s renowned 1967 national book awardwinning novel features a foreword by john updike and an afterword by tappan wilder, who draws on such unique sources as wilder s unpublished letters, handwritten annotations in the margins of the book, and other illuminating documentary material.
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