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You Can't Go Home Again is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously in 1940, extracted by his editor, Edward Aswell, from the contents of his vast unpublished manuscript The October Fair. It is a sequel to The Web and the Rock, which, along with the collection The Hills Beyond, was extracted from the same manuscript.
- Thomas Wolfe
- 1940
You Can’t Go Home Again, novel by Thomas Wolfe, published posthumously in 1940 after heavy editing by Edward Aswell. This novel, like Wolfe’s other works, is largely autobiographical, reflecting details of his life in the 1930s.
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You Can’t Go Home Again recreates those aspects of Wolfe’s life, as George Webber returns to his hometown of Libya Hill for a family funeral. On the train to Libya Hill, the misanthropic Judge Rumford Bland asks George, “Do you think you can really go home again?” (p. 69); and, George’s denials notwithstanding, the question haunts him.
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Thomas Wolfe's famous quote about going home again is "You can't go home again." This phrase, explored in his novel, signifies that returning to one's past is impossible due to the...
5 de jan. de 2019 · vii, 711 pages ; 21 cm. Novelist George Webber is driven from his hometown when his successful autobiographical novel infuriates the family and friends he has depicted in it.
11 de out. de 2011 · You Can't Go Home Again. Thomas Wolfe. Simon and Schuster, Oct 11, 2011 - Fiction - 656 pages. Now available from Thomas Wolfe’s original publisher, the final novel by the literary legend, that...
Family and friends feel naked and exposed by the truths they have seen in his book, and their fury drives him from his home. He begins a search for his own identity that takes him to New York and...
