Product Details

• Published on: 1966-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 624 pages

Customer Reviews

Thomas Wolfe the Amadues of American writers
A novel about growing up living and dying. A life filled with anguish,angst,loneliness and quiet beauty. The characters are so vivid you can see the buttons on their coats. Wolfe loves his life but he also knows that it will soon be over, so he captures the essence here. This novel is sometimes so beautiful it will fill your heart to the brim, making you stop reading ,put the book down and hold the ache until it passes. A must must read. Wolfe's "Of Time and the River", is also brilliant, as is his short stories.

The spirit of the South in this portrayal of a time & place.
Wolfe catches the spirit of the South in this accurate portrayal of a time and place. His descriptions bring the picture vividly to life. You smell the smells, hear the sounds, etc. Unfortunately there are few positive characters, especially women. Young Gant's sexual experiences were particularly devastating and crude. Realistically the young man never finds the answers to his questions, the peace he looks for, the solution to his problems. That was a disappointment. But this book is still a must read for it's snapshot in time and character development!

Like a river
Yes, he did write while standing next to his refrigerator using its top as a writing surface. Writing for Wolfe was so necessary and exciting that it could not be done sitting down. Words would rush from his mind like a river and it was all he could do to keep up. This is the impression that you must get from reading Wolfe. With the flow of word after word after word, in prose described as rich and ornate, Wolfe will be appreciated by anyone who loves language and knows that words are, in essence, vessels of meaning. How appropriate then, that he chose as titles of his books "Of Time and the River" "Look Homeward Angel" and, "You Can Never Go Home Again." Read Wolfe and you, too, may be carried away, perhaps never to return.