| Contents |
Orestes: Flight before fury -- Young Faustus -- Telemachus -- Proteus: The city -- Jason's voyage -- Antaeus: Earth again -- Kronos and Rhea: The dream of time -- Faust and Helen. |
| Abstract |
The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe. |
| Local note | Joyner NC Rare copy inscribed on front fly-leaf: "For Marie with friendship, Tom [Wolfe], Denver, Aug. 16, 1935." Enclosed is a typed note dated March 24, 1966, to Wolfe biographer Andrew Turnbull from Marie ... [Broome?], Denver, Colorado. |
| General note | "First printing, February, 1935 ... third printing, March, 1935." |
| General note | "This novel is the second in a series of six ... The title of the whole work, when complete, will be the same as that of the present book, 'Of time and the river.' [The first in the series was published under title: Look homeward, angel]"--Publisher's note. |
| General note | Sequel to: Look homeward angel. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner NC Rare copy purchased from Broadfoot Publishing, 3/2021 |
| LCCN | 35027095 |
