Of Time and the River A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Garden City Books. Good. 1935. Hardcover. Binding tight. Pages unmarked but tanned. Spine straight. Spine is trying to detach at the title page, but is otherwise attached. Boards have rubbing at corners. DJ has chipping, light creasing, and shelf wear along edges. ; 8.1 X 5.7 X 2.1 inches .
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
- Eat My Words Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27368
- Title
- Of Time and the River A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Garden City Books
- Date Published
- 1935
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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