Eighth Day

Thornton Wilders 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novel features a foreword by John Updike and an afterword by Tappan Wilder, who draws on such unique sources as Wilders unpublished letters, handwritten annotations in the margins of the book, and other illuminating documentary material.In 1962 and 1963, Thornton Wilder spent twenty months in hibernation, away from family and friends, in th...