02002cam a2200313 4500 482272456 TxAuBib 20210209120000.0 061003s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780743297318 0743297318 TxAuBib Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938. Look Homeward, Angel [Paperback] : A Story of the Buried Life / Thomas Wolfe ; with an introduction by Robert Morgan and an introduction by Maxwell E. Perkins. First Scribner trade paperback edition. New York : Scribner, 2006. 512 p ; 23 cm. Includes reading group guide. 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. 20210209. Mountain life North Carolina Fiction. Families North Carolina Fiction. Boys North Carolina Fiction. Autobiographical fiction. Classic Literature. North Carolina Fiction. Domestic fiction. fast TXGID