The web and the root : a selection from The web and the rock /

"The Web and the Root features the three initial sections of the The Web and the Rock, widely considered to be the book's strongest material. A prequel to You Can't Go Home Again, it is the story of George Webber's momentous journey from Libya Falls, North Carolina, to the Golden...

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Main Authors: Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
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Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Harper Perennial modern classics
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Summary: "The Web and the Root features the three initial sections of the The Web and the Rock, widely considered to be the book's strongest material. A prequel to You Can't Go Home Again, it is the story of George Webber's momentous journey from Libya Falls, North Carolina, to the Golden City of the North--offering vivid, sometimes cutting depictions of rural pleasures and small-town clannishness while exploring boundless urban possibility and the complex, violent undercurrents of the metropolis"--P. [4] of cover.
Carrier Form: xviii, 346 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780061579554 (pbk.) :
0061579556 (pbk.)
Index Number: PS3545
CLC: I712.45
Call Number: I712.45/W855-11