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Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel | Thomas Wolfe
A Southern family with a great appetite for living is dominated by the father until an older son, Eugene, is able to free himself from his rural North Carolina hometown to seek the challenges of an Ivy League education and big city life. Reissue. 75,000 first printing.
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Jamesmelvinmitchell
Look Homeward, Angel | Thomas Wolfe
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This book is a masterpiece of poetic literature. 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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britt_brooke
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Thomas Wolfe Memorial, downtown Asheville. See the soft blue porch ceiling? It‘s a southern tradition. #fallbreak

Scochrane26 I toured that house on one of my trips to Asheville. 1y
britt_brooke @Scochrane26 This was on our last day and we didn‘t have time to go inside, but loved agreeing the facade. It‘s so pretty sitting there among modern buildings. 1y
Leftcoastzen Go back sometime, the little tour is great! 1y
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NatalieR
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I was drawn to Thomas Wolfe while researching things to do in Asheville, North Carolina a few years ago, and I learned learned through the website https://romanticasheville.com that Wolfe is an Asheville native. I absolutely love Asheville, so my interest was piqued with this knowledge.

See https://abookandadog.com for my full review.

Nebklvr Love his atmospheric writing and great characters 2y
Leftcoastzen I visited his boyhood home in Asheville! Recommend! 2y
NatalieR @Nebklvr I‘m so glad I took the opportunity to read this! 2y
NatalieR @Leftcoastzen Awesome, good to know! I plan to visit on my next trip to Asheville. 2y
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Leftcoastzen
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Bookish movie watching.Wolfe walking in to tell his girl what Max Perkins , editor of Fitzgerald & Hemingway said .”Mr.Wolfe , we intend to publish your book.”
$500 bucks in 1929.Thomas is a wordy one, good luck with that, Max.Film is called “ Genius “ from 2016.

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TheSpineView
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OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 3y
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TheSpineView
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#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon

1️⃣ Some authors. Philippa Gregory, Karin Slaughter, Nelson DeMille and a few others.
2️⃣ For a vaccine for this virus so life can return to normal!

@MallenNC @JoScho @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @wanderinglynn @BookwormAHN @DaveGreen7777

wanderinglynn Thanks for the tag Lisa! 😘 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for the tag!! ❤️ 4y
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Cosmos_Moon Yes, lets get to # 2 ASAP 💜 4y
DaveGreen7777 Thank you for the tag! 😀🏷 4y
TheSpineView @DaveGreen7777 You're welcome! 4y
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laurenduke300
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This is why I get distracted reading for #24in48. Lol but I‘m gonna make it!

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#MarchMadness @Eggs
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This is the first book that came to mind. Though Wolfe felt he couldn't go home.

Eggs Ah great choice 👏🏻💗 4y
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BacklistReader
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2019 reading resolutions.

Keeping things simple this year.

1- Read 24 books
2- participate in the beat the backlist reading challenge
3-Read the books I‘ve borrowed from various people and never gotten around to

I‘m also participating in the catch up book club where we‘ll be working our way through the A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin

#beatthebacklist #beatthebacklist2019 #catchupgot

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Prompt: Houses

Frank Loyd Wright's home Falling Waters is what came to mind when I thought of houses. Look Homeward Angel was the book because I live in Asheville where Thomas Wolfe grew up and houses brings to mind home. Though they are not one and the same.

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1001BooksPodcast
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This was not the summer beach read we wanted . . . But it was the one we got. Book number 25 is checked off the list. Give it a listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or SoundCloud. #1001books #book podcast

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Leftcoastzen
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Happy Birthday Thomas Wolfe , the last time I read my old mass market of "You Can't Go Home Again "it fell apart as I read it , I was in the south , so I visited his childhood home in Asheville,NC . It was worthwhile.

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Kimberlone
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Look at this #bookhaul! I've been fighting off a cold all week and work has been bleh, so I rewarded myself with a trip to the thrift store today to check out the book selection. All of these books for $3.50! The paperbacks are only 10 cents each at this thrift shop.

emilyhaldi Love all the vintage covers! 7y
Kimberlone @emilyhaldi yes, me too! The covers are always so great. Vintage paperbacks always suck me in. Especially if they're only 10¢ a piece! 7y
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totalgeoffness
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For my first post on here, I'd like to review a book that has left a mark on me: Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe (1929).

Much in the vein of Dandelion Wine by Bradbury and Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, Look Homeward, Angel is a Whitman-esque roman a clef that carries a vast and powerful heart at it's core. With eloquent prose and a passionate outlook on life, Wolfe succeeds in baring his very self to the reader. 9/10 stars.

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readerchris
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Saw the movie "Genius" & felt compelled to reread this beautiful book.

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Santafecatfish
Look Homeward, Angel | Thomas Wolfe

You know you're a book nerd when you've spent three days planning what book/s to take on your vacation. Criteria: must be "paper pages" as my young son says, must be long enough to last two weeks and must be properly engaging (but not totally absorbing.) What's your favorite vacation book?

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Simona
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I read it as a teenager and Eugene was my soulmate, alienated and out of place.

#FunFridayPhoto with @Liberty

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LLindsey
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I decided to finally just read this book instead of perpetually saving it for some special, undefined time.

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quirkyreader
Look Homeward, Angel | Thomas Wolfe

Who is going to see "Genius" when it comes out in theatres? I've always enjoyed Wolfe's writing, and seeing the dramatized back story of his editing process will give the story even more meaning. I've always wondered how many volumes Wolfe's stories would have been without the massive edits.

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