Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe
A portrait of an American novelist examining the forces of his life that were intertwined with his writing and the academic and literary worlds of which he was a part.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN-13
- 9780674008694
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Literary biographyAmerican literatureWriter's life
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyWonMajor(1988)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1987)
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