false 7921 19 0 male Asheville, North Carolina 1938/09/15 12448 0743297318 9780743297318 155 <![CDATA[Look Homeward, Angel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503481m/12448.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503481s/12448.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12448.Look_Homeward_Angel 3.94 1211 The stunning, classic coming-of-age novel written by one of America's foremost Southern writers.

A legendary author on par with William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor, Thomas Wolfe published Look Homeward, Angel, his first novel, about a young man's burning desire to leave his small town and tumultuous family in search of a better life, in 1929. It gave the world proof of his genius and launched a powerful legacy.

The novel follows the trajectory of Eugene Gant, a brilliant and restless young man whose wanderlust and passion shape his adolescent years in rural North Carolina. Wolfe said that Look Homeward, Angel is "a book made out of my life," and his largely autobiographical story about the quest for a greater intellectual life has resonated with and influenced generations of readers, including some of today's most important novelists. Rich with lyrical prose and vivid characterizations, this twentieth-century American classic will capture the hearts and imaginations of every reader. ]]> 7921 3.96 2533 296 1929 12447 0060930055 9780060930059 73 <![CDATA[You Can't Go Home Again]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503480m/12447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503480s/12447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12447.You_Can_t_Go_Home_Again 4.03 703 You Can't Go Home Again is an extremely personal work, but in the character of George Webber, a writer, Wolfe sees and captures America and the world in an dramatic time in history. The time is the period just before the great stock market crash and it stretches through the Depression and into Germany during the rise of Nazis. And the writer of course is Wolfe, who takes us on a ride through America never seen before--one with sharp insight and breathtaking flair.]]> 7921 3.96 2533 296 1940 12451 0684867850 9780684867854 15 <![CDATA[Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503482m/12451.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503482s/12451.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12451.Of_Time_and_the_River_A_Legend_of_Man_s_Hunger_in_His_Youth 4.12 152 The sequel to Thomas Wolfe's remarkable first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River is one of the great classics of American literature. The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe. In a massive, ambitious, and boldly passionate novel, Wolfe examines the passing of time and the nature of the creative process, as Gant slowly but ecstatically embraces the urban life, recognizing it as a necessary ordeal for the birth of his creative genius as a writer.

The work of an exceptionally expressive writer of fertile imagination and startling emotional intensity, Of Time and the River illuminates universal truths about art and life, city and country, past and present. It is a novel that is majestic and enduring. As P. M. Jack observed in The New York Times, "It is a triumphant demonstration that Thomas Wolfe has the stamina to produce a magnificent epic of American life."

This edition, published in celebration of Wolfe's centennial anniversary, contains a new introduction by Pat Conroy.

]]> 7921 3.96 2533 296 1935 138444 0807123897 9780807123898 5 <![CDATA[The Web and the Rock]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094916m/138444.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094916s/138444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138444.The_Web_and_the_Rock 3.87 102 7921 3.96 2533 296 1939 12449 0020408919 9780020408918 2 <![CDATA[The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503481m/12449.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503481s/12449.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12449.The_Complete_Short_Stories_Of_Thomas_Wolfe 4.00 39 7921 3.96 2533 296 1987 854676 0684179806 9780684179803 1 <![CDATA[From Death to Morning]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223634788m/854676.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223634788s/854676.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/854676.From_Death_to_Morning 4.03 34 7921 3.96 2533 296 1935 288133 0807125679 9780807125670 0 <![CDATA[The Hills Beyond]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173436895m/288133.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173436895s/288133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/288133.The_Hills_Beyond 3.81 31 7921 3.96 2533 296 1941 12452 0807844861 9780807844861 2 <![CDATA[The Lost Boy: A Novella]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503488m/12452.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503488s/12452.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12452.The_Lost_Boy_A_Novella 3.43 30 The Lost Boy is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. The story of Wolfe's brother Grover and his trip to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is told from four perspectives, each articulating the sentiments of a different family member. The Lost Boy also captures beautifully the experiences of growing up at the turn of the century and the exhilaration and loss of childhood.

For this illustrated edition, James Clark unearthed Wolfe's original manuscript, which was first published in the 1930s in a heavily abridged form.

]]> 7921 3.96 2533 296 1992 786348 1570033692 9781570033698 2 <![CDATA[O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178335615m/786348.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178335615s/786348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/786348.O_Lost_A_Story_of_the_Buried_Life 4.09 22 7921 3.96 2533 296 1292314 4.09 22 2 2000 854665 0684193132 9780684193137 1 <![CDATA[A Stone, a Leaf, a Door: Poems]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205360819m/854665.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205360819s/854665.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/854665.A_Stone_a_Leaf_a_Door_Poems 3.62 13 7921 3.96 2533 296 2973242 3.62 13 1 1945