Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, 1935. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Early reprint edition. Book and dust jacket in solid overall condition. Light warping/toning to pages. Notation on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Binding tight and straight. Dust jacket features apparent insect damage at folds of inner flaps, mild rubbing to rear panel; front and spine panels have nice enough appearance within new mylar sleeve.
Synopsis
The sequel to Thomas Wolfe's remarkable first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River, is one of the great classics of American literature. The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe. In a massive, ambitious, and boldly passionate novel, Wolfe examines the passing of time and the nature of the creative process, as Gant slowly but ecstatically embraces the urban life, recognizing it as a necessary ordeal for the birth of his creative genius as a writer. The work of an exceptionally expressive writer of fertile imagination and startling emotional intensity, Of Time and the River illuminates universal truths about art and life, city and country, past and present. It is a novel that is majestic and enduring. As P. M. Jack observed in The New York Times, "It is a triumphant demonstration that Thomas Wolfe has the stamina to produce a magnificent epic of American life."
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- Bookseller
- Silent Way Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025930
- Title
- Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1935
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Glenside, Pennsylvania
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Makefield Collection of Antiques & Art, 761 Durham Road, Pineville (Bucks County), PA
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