Thespectacular,history-makingfirstnovelaboutayoungman’scomingofagebyliterarylegendThomasWolfe,firstpublishedin1929andlongconsideredaclassicoftwentiethcenturyliterature.AlegendaryauthoronparwithWilliamFaulknerandFlanneryO’Connor,ThomasWolfepublishedLookHomeward,Angel,hisfirstnovel,aboutayoungman’sburningdesiretoleavehissmalltownandtumultuousfamilyinsearchofabetterlife,in1929.Itgavetheworldproofofhisgeniusandlaunchedapowerfullegacy.ThenovelfollowsthetrajectoryofEugeneGant,abrilliantandrestlessyoungmanwhosewanderlustandpassionshapehisadolescentyearsinruralNorthCarolina.WolfesaidthatLookHomeward,Angelis“abookmadeoutofmylife,“andhislargelyautobiographicalstoryaboutthequestforagreaterintellectuallifehasresonatedwithandinfluencedgenerationsofreaders,includingsomeoftoday’smostimportantnovelists.Richwithlyricalproseandvividcharacterizations,thistwentieth-centuryAmericanclassicwillcapturetheheartsandimaginationsofeveryreader.
