Thomas Wolfe
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Estamos en 1904, en la época de la Exposición Universal celebrada en Saint Louis. La familia Wolfe se ha trasladado desde Asheville y ha abierto aquí un pequeño alojamiento para los vecinos de su lejana ciudad natal que visitan la Exposición. Grover Wolfe tiene sólo doce años, pero, según dicen todos, una sensibilidad y una madurez extraordinarias...
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Después de terminar El ángel que nos mira (1929), su primera y aclamada novela, el joven escritor Thomas Wolfe comienza a trabajar en el manuscrito de su segunda gran obra. Lo que el autor, todavía inmaduro, no alcanza a prever es que esa experiencia se va a transformar en una aventura intelectual y emocional que durará más de un lustro. Pronto los poderes del arte se revelarán como fuerzas descomunales que amenazan con destruirlo todo, incluso...
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Shortly before his death at a tragically young age, author Thomas Wolfe presented his editor with an epic masterwork that was subsequently published as three separate novels: You Can't Go Home Again, The Hills Beyond, and The Web and the Rock.
The Web and the Root features the three initial sections of the The Web and the Rock, widely considered to be the book's strongest material. A prequel to You Can't Go Home Again, it is the story of George Webber's...
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Esta historia, que empieza y acaba con la mirada afligida de un ángel de mármol, es la historia de Eugene Gant. Al pie de las montañas, en un pequeño pueblo de Carolina del Norte, Eugene crece entre las figuras funerarias que su padre esculpe en el taller cuando está sobrio. Crece a la sombra de su emprendedora madre que, habiendo traído al mundo diez hijos, sueña con subirse al carro de la especulación inmobiliaria. Crece en la guerra de...
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This is a powerful semi-autobiographical novel by an authentic man of genius, Thomas Wolfe - about the struggles and triumphs of an aspiring writer named George Webber in the glittering world of New York, about one young man's discovery of life and the world. It follows Webber from humble Southern beginnings to his arrival in The Big City to write. Then he meets Esther Jack, and things go as differently - but wonderfully so - as they possibly could....
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Of Time and the River (subtitled A Legend of Man's Hunger in his Youth) is a 1935 novel by American author Thomas Wolfe. It is a fictionalized autobiography, using the name Eugene Gant for Wolfe's, detailing the protagonist's early and mid-twenties, during which time the character attends Harvard University, moves to New York City and teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with the character Francis Starwick. Francis Starwick...
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Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe 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 is Wolfe's first novel, and is, considered a highly autobiographical American coming-of-age story. The character of Eugene Gant is generally, believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town...
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"Thomas Wolfe: The Complete Works" invites readers on an immersive journey through the profound landscapes of one of America's literary giants. This comprehensive collection includes Wolfe's timeless masterpieces, notably "Look Homeward, Angel" and its sequel, "Of Time and the River." Delve into the intricate tapestry of Wolfe's autobiographical storytelling as he unveils the epic odyssey of Eugene Gant, a character deeply entwined with the author's...
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[2000]
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"The editing of Thomas Wolfe's first novel, originally titled "O Lost," has been the subject of literary argument since its 1929 publication in abridged form as Look Homeward, Angel. This powerful coming-of-age novel tells the rich story of Eugene Gant, a young North Carolina man who longs to escape the confines of his small-town life and his tumultuous family. At the insistence of Maxwell Perkins, the legendary editor at Charles Scribner's Sons,...