This volume contains the three major novels written by Thomas Clayton Wolfe, one of the most important American novelist of the early 20th century, on par with William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.
Wolfe, who created these immediate classics, is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, vividly reflect on the American culture of the 20's and 30's, albeit filtered through Wolfe's sensitive, sophisticated and hyper-analytical perspective.
The novels included are:
Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
Of Time and The River (1935)
You Can't go Home Again (1940)
Look Homeward, Angel, his first novel, is 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.
Of Time and the River, sequel to Look Homeward, Angel, 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 "You Can't go Home Again", Wolfe's third novel, George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town he is shaken by the force of the outrage and hatred that greets him. Family and friends feel naked and exposed by the truths they have seen in his book, and their fury drives him from his home...
Wolfe, who created these immediate classics, is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, vividly reflect on the American culture of the 20's and 30's, albeit filtered through Wolfe's sensitive, sophisticated and hyper-analytical perspective.
The novels included are:
Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
Of Time and The River (1935)
You Can't go Home Again (1940)
Look Homeward, Angel, his first novel, is 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.
Of Time and the River, sequel to Look Homeward, Angel, 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 "You Can't go Home Again", Wolfe's third novel, George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town he is shaken by the force of the outrage and hatred that greets him. Family and friends feel naked and exposed by the truths they have seen in his book, and their fury drives him from his home...
