Look Homeward, Angel

“The hero’s . . . consciousness gave rise to a . . . lyricism that was endlessly sustained by the raw yearning . . . for an epic American existence.” —Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of Portnoy’s Complaint
 
Originally published in 1929, Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel is a “sprawling, fecund, subtly rhythmic and amazingly vital” epic of rural American lif...