The Cabala

"The Cabala" is the brilliant debut novel by Thornton Wilder, offering a sophisticated exploration of high society in post-World War I Rome. The narrative follows a young American student who is drawn into the inner sanctum of an elite group of powerful, eccentric aristocrats known as the Cabala. These individuals, who seem to possess an almost supernatural influence over the city's social and religious life, are grappling with their own obsolescence in a rapidly changing world.

Through a se...