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| Original title | The Eighth day |
|---|---|
| Author | Thornton Wilder |
| Year | Den Norske Bokklubben, 2017 |
| First Published | 1991 |
| ISBN | 9788205200128 |
| Goodreads ID | 5320668 |
| Online Computer Library Center ID | 52840931 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 91214747 |
| LibraryThing ID | 5733506 |
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In 1962 and 1963, Thornton Wilder spent twenty months in hibernation, away from family and friends, in the town of Douglas, Arizona. While there, he launched The Eighth Day, a tale set in a mining town in southern Illinois about two families blasted apart by the apparent murder of one father by the other.
The miraculous escape of the accused killer, John Ashley, on the eve of his execution and his flight to freedom triggers a powerful story tracing the fate of his and the victim’s wife and children.