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Title: Of Time and the River : A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth by Thomas Wolfe ISBN: 0-684-86785-0 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 08 September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Dense but Entertaining
Comment: I kept waiting for Wolfe to share with us what would make Eugene the writer he was waiting to be - where would he find the courage to not only fail (or fail again) but to believe in himself and know that he could write after reading the thousands of books he gorged himself on.
And then as the book winds down, it happens, he falls in love. And in a few paragraphs, we learn that the momentual problems of the past were wiped away. He finds his courage and the book ends abruptly. Perhaps a little more editing earlier would have led Wolfe to write more about this episode.
I enjoyed the novel though not as much as the prequel.
Rating: 5
Summary: of time and the river
Comment: It was early 1980 when I first read "Look Homeward.." for a University of Colorado course. The professor who seemed to be a hundred years old to me at the time instructed me to read my critical report to the entire class. After smugly concluding Wolfe was lacking in many areas the professor graded my paper an "A"...then she patted my young shoulders and told me that one day I'd be old enough to understand Wolfe. She was right and my criticicm was dead wrong. Wolfes' wordiness is his beauty. The scene in "Of Time And The River" where his father dies is as beautiful and compelling as anything I've read. I think the book is unique and those who are critical of it may need to read it again -when they are a little older.
Rating: 3
Summary: A failling-off from Look Homeward Angel
Comment: Those who enjoyed Look Homeward Angel will find this novel somewhat disappointing. Continuing Eugene Gant's story with his trip to Harvard, and life in New York, the book lacks the vivid characters of the earlier novel. While the book contains some wonderful, Whitman-like passages, the only real character is Eugene Gant; everyone else seems to exist only to show how brillant Gant (Wolfe) is. Moreover, some of the book seems to border on anti-semitism. Nevertheless, anyone interested in Wolfe will want to read this book.
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Title: LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL by Thomas Wolfe ISBN: 0684804433 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe ISBN: 0060930055 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Web and the Rock (Voices of the South) by Thomas Wolfe ISBN: 0807123897 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.02 |
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Title: The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe by Thomas Wolfe ISBN: 0020408919 Publisher: Unknown Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Hills Beyond by Thomas Wolfe ISBN: 0807125679 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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