The Lost Boy: A Novella (Chapel Hill Books) - Hardcover

Wolfe, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807820636 ISBN 13: 9780807820636

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992

Synopsis

Thomas Wolfe's The Lost Boy is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. The story of Wolfe's brother Grover and his trip to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is told from four perspectives, each articulating the sentiments of a different family member. The Lost Boy also captures beautifully the experiences of growing up at the turn of the century and the exhilaration and loss of childhood. For this illustrated edition, James Clark unearthed Wolfe's original manuscript, which was first published in the 1930s in a heavily abridged form.

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Book Description:

" The Lost Boy is a moving valediction and a sure-footed example of Wolfe's stylistic power."-- Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover:

Thomas Wolfe's The Lost Boy is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. The Lost Boy also captures beautifully the experiences of growing up at the turn of the century and the exhilaration and loss of childhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0807820636
• ISBN 13: 9780807820636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 95