Heavens My Destination, Thornton Wilder
Heavens My Destination, Thornton Wilder
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Heaven's My Destination
A Novel

Author: Thornton Wilder

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Caedmon

Published: 05/05/2020

Synopsis

“If John Steinbeck’s mighty Grapes of Wrath is the tragic novel of the Great Depression, then Heaven’s My Destination is its comic masterpiece. —J.D. McClatchyA hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world, Heaven’s My Destination introduces George Marvin Brush, one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of Depression-era America itself.
This special edition includes an afterword by Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the author and book.Copyright (c) 1934 by the Wilder Family L.L.C. Foreword copyright (c) 2003 by J. D. McClatchy. Afterword copyright (c) 2003 by Tappan Wilder.

About Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of his seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). The Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly! Wilder also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, opera, and film, including his classic screenplay for Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943). The writer’s many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

Poor George Marvin Brush; he just can't seem to help himself... it seems. But then he doesn't think he's the one that needs help. 23-years-old and newly converted, he's got energy to spare and the Lord on his side: so, all people have to do is *listen* to him - do what he kindly tells them to do and......more

Goodreads review by Sally

This is a truly odd novel. Imagine Candide crossed with Sinclair Lewis's Lowell Schmaltz and with some of the bizarre occurrences of Nathanael West's A Cool Million. George Brush is a successful textbook salesman who is perfectly pure--no smoking, no drinking, no sex (except for one incident with a......more

Goodreads review by David

4 1/2 stars. More so than any author I know, Wilder has the ability to find the universal in the specific, the humor in the sadness, and the sadness in the humor. This book about the birth, death, and resurrection of one man's religious convictions contains some of the greatest laughs I've ever enco......more

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