Heaven’s My Destination.
by Wilder, Thornton
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935. "In 1930, after the publication of his third novel, The Woman of Andros, Wilder had established himself as a prominent American author. However, Michael Gold, critic with The New Republic, published a scathing review [which] culminated in a literary call to arms: 'Let Mr. Wilder write a book about modern America. We predict it will reveal all his fundamental silliness and superficiality.' Whether Heaven's My Destination is a direct response to this challenge is unknown. However, with the intention of demonstrating the struggle of the American mind, 'forever alternating between ethical puritan aspiration and the busy realist vainglory,' Wilder offered his first complete survey of modern American society" (Matthew Angelo, Thornton Wilder Society). Critic Edmund Wilson called the novel, Wilder's "finest to date." Perhaps most notably, Heaven's My Destination shows Wilder exploring the minimalist, action-based style he would later put to great effect in "Our Town."
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140196
- Title
- Heaven’s My Destination.
- Author
- Wilder, Thornton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Heaven's My Destination, Thornton Wilder First Edition
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