Look homeward, angel
Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-19382016
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Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows up in small-town America. Both lonely outsider and passionate chronicler of American life, Eugene experiences upheaval and family tragedy before coming to realise that he must leave his home behind if he is to forge his own path in the world.
Main title:
Look homeward, angel / Thomas Wolfe.
Author:
Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938, author
Work:
Edition:
New edition / with a new introduction by Elizabeth Kostova.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2016.London : Penguin Classics, 2016.
Collation:
576 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: London: William Heinemann, 1930.
ISBN:
9780241215746 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.52
Language:
English
BRN:
2257206