{"product_id":"of-time-and-the-river-thomas-wolfe","title":"Of Time and the River (Thomas Wolfe)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second novel by the great American novelist, now the subject of a major new film, \u003ci\u003eGenius\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Jude Law, Colin Firth, Dominic West and Nicole Kidman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1920 and Eugene Gant leaves the American South for Harvard, New York and Europe, determined to make his way as a writer. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolfe's first novel, \u003ci\u003eLook Homeward, Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, is also now available in Penguin Classics. Together, the two novels tell the story of Eugene Gant, Wolfe's fictional alter-ego, as he grows up in a dysfunctional family in the American South and discovers his true vocation as a writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas Wolfe (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Wolfe was born in North Carolina in 1900. His mother ran a boarding house and his father a gravestone business; Wolfe was the youngest of their eight children. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eLook\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHomeward, Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1929, followed by \u003ci\u003eOf Time and the River\u003c\/i\u003e in 1935, both heavily revised by his influential editor, Max Perkins. Wolfe died in 1938 from tuberculosis, aged thirty-seven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kostova (Introducer) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Kostova is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Historian \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and \u003ci\u003eThe Swan Thieves \u003c\/i\u003e(2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 1040 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65903164981597,"sku":"K054418728","price":14.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5441872800001A.jpg?v=1789218671","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/of-time-and-the-river-thomas-wolfe","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}