In the book, he renamed the town Altamont and called the boarding house "Dixieland." His family was fictionalized under the name Gant, with Wolfe calling himself Eugene, his father Oliver, and his mother Eliza.
Collects all 58 of the distinguished American author's short stories in order of their first publication
Set in Altamont, North Carolina, this semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a restless young man who longs to escape his tumultuous family and his small town existence.
It gave the world proof of his genius and launched a powerful legacy.The novel follows the trajectory of Eugene Gant, a brilliant and restless young man whose wanderlust and passion shape his adolescent years in rural North Carolina.
Look Homeward, Angel
Yet the language and structure of the novel reads more like Samuel Beckett or James Joyce than it does The Handmaid’s Tale.” —Ploughshares
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Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life ; with an Introduction by Maxwell E. Perkins
Based on the papers of the Wolfe Estate, this biography reveals for the first time the personal life of the major American literary figure and examines his relations with his editors, literary agents, and contemporary writers.
Fox traverses narrow hallway, past the kitchen, through the cloakroom—this, too, redolent of fresh paint—and into little cubbyhole that had no use before. “Good God, what's this?” Transfigured now to Fox's “cozy den” (Fox wants no “cozy ...