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It is 1920 and Eugene Gant leaves the South for Harvard, New York and Europe, as part of his preparation for teaching and writing. On the boat home he meets Esther Jack, the woman who is to dominate his life. Autobiographical, vital and passionate, Wolfe's second novel blazes with energy and life.

The classic first novel from one of America's greatest men of letters "I don't know yet what I am capable of doing," wrote Thomas Wolfe at the age of twenty-three, "but, by God, I have genius -- I know it too well to blush behind it." Six years later, with the publication of Look Homeward, Angel, Wolfe gave the world proof of his genius, and he would continue to do so throughout his tumultuous life. Look Homeward, Angel is the coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant, whose restlessness and yearning to experience life to the fullest take him from his rural home in North Carolina to Harvard. Through his rich, ornate prose and meticulous attention to detail, Wolfe evokes the peculiarities of small-town life and the pain and upheaval of leaving home. Heavily autobiographical, Look Homeward, Angel is Wolfe's most turbulent and passionate work, and a brilliant novel of lasting impact.

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Story of an artist who flees scandal and despair as he journeys from his family home in a small Southern town to the capitals of prewar Europe.

Zweisprachige Jubiläumsausgabe Das größte und schönste Volksfest der Welt – gefeiert vom US-amerikanischen Starautor Thomas Wolfe. Dieses literarische Wiesn-Schmankerl lotet alle Höhen und Tiefen des feuchtfröhlichen Spektakels aus. Es zeigt, wie man sich in München verlieben und unter Bayern sein weiß-blaues Wunder erleben kann. Festbier, Tracht und Prügel – «München hat mich beinahe umgebracht», stöhnte Thomas Wolfe nach einer Wiesnschlägerei. Doch trotz gebrochener Nase und etlicher Platzwunden hielt er seiner Schicksalsstadt zeitlebens die Treue. Kein Ort auf der Welt bezauberte den großen amerikanischen Schriftsteller mehr, kein Ort bescherte ihm – im Guten wie im Bösen – so überwältigende Gefühle. Auf höchst amüsante Weise wird in diesem Buch geschildert, wie aus dem Greenhorn aus North Carolina ein München-Liebhaber und Wahlbajuware wurde. Wolfe offenbart sein Schwanken zwischen Befremden und Faszination angesichts endemischer Bierseligkeit, seine aufflammende Begeisterung beim Mitschunkeln, das Glück rauschhafter Hingabe. Und nach jäher Ernüchterung finden sich just in Oberammergau segensreiche Hände, die dafür sorgen, dass die ramponierte Dichterstirn auch wieder verheilt. Ausstattung: Mit 4 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen

The collection showcases Thomas Wolfe's earliest published works, presenting a diverse array of poems, plays, short fiction, news articles, speeches, and essays. Arranged chronologically, it includes notable poems like "A Field in Flanders" and "The Challenge," as well as his folk plays, including "The Return of Buck Gavin" and "Deferred Payment." This compilation highlights Wolfe's development as a writer and offers insight into his creative evolution.

Offers a portrait of the author's dying father, as well as a mediation on American history and ambitions on the verge of America's entry into a broadening global conflict.