Of Time and the River (First Edition | Sequel to Look Homeward Angel)
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Yes this is the sought after 912 page FIRST EDITION, first printing, first issue with the A & Colophon Seal on the copyright page. Light wear to the extremities, bookplate of M. Norman Orgel on the front endpaper, endpapger a bit age toned and the binding is not tight. Overall in VERY GOOD MINUS condition. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018471
- Title
- Of Time and the River (First Edition | Sequel to Look Homeward Angel)
- Author
- Wolfe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- prof7
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