<div>A young American in Rome encounters a mysterious cohort of aristocrats in the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s debut novel.In love with all things classical, the narrator of Thornton Wilder&rsquo;s The Cabala is entranced by the timeless city of Rome. With the Great War finally over, he&rsquo;s spending a year among Rome&rsquo;s salons and cafes. But he only comes to understand the grand and crumbling metropolis when a friend introduces him to a secret society of intellectuals known as the Cabala.Charmed by the young American, the elegant and idiosyncratic members of the Cabala give him the nickname Samuele. He soon becomes their confidant and go-between, privy to their intimate dramas, scandals, and insecurities. As living embodiments of ancient gods, these peculiar characters impress upon Samuele that nothing in life is truly eternal.The Cabala is a semiautobiographical novel based on Thornton Wilder&rsquo;s time at the American Academy in Rome during the 1920s. First published in 1926, it launched his reputation as one of his generation&rsquo;s finest storytellers.</div>

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<div>The collapse of a rope bridge in Peru sets a friar on a quest to learn about those who were lost in this classic, Nobel Prize&ndash;winning novel.Peru, 1714. On the road between Lima and Cuzco, a century-old rope bridge collapses while five people are crossing it. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, is about to cross the bridge himself when he witnesses the incident. To reconcile his faith with this seemingly senseless tragedy, Brother Juniper embarks on a years-long journey to learn all he can about the individuals who lost their lives. Through their interwoven stories, Thornton Wilder reveals his own profound reflections on the nature of love, fate, and free will. The Bridge of San Luis Rey was met with worldwide acclaim when it was first published in 1927. Today, it is widely considered one of the towering achievements of American literature.</div>

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