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Of Time and the River (World Cultural Heritage Library)
Of Time and the River - World Cultural Heritage Library Author:Thomas Wolfe CONTENTS:Book One — ORESTES: FLIGHT BEFORE FURYBook Two — YOUNG FAUSTUSBook Three — TELEMACHUSBook Four — PROTEUS: THE CITYBook Five — JASON'S VOYAGEBook Six — ANTAEUS: EARTH AGAIN... more »RONG>Book Seven
KRONOS AND RHEA: THE DREAM OF TIMEBook Eight
FAUST AND HELEN*** Begun in 1931 and released four years later to great acclaim, Of Time and the River chronicles a mature Eugene Gant as he leaves the South for the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe. As Eugene travels farther and farther away from all he knows, he becomes more and more nostalgic for his home. The novel ends with Eugene finally returning to America and falling in love with Esther Jack, a stage designer based on Wolfe's former mistress Aline Bernstein. Through the story of Eugene's growth and development, Wolfe captures the diversity of the American experience (and of life itself) and examines the complex issues of the passing of time and the creative process. With its rhapsodic, elegiac style, Of Time and the River is an extraordinary work from one of this nation's most important writers.« less