num_pages: 194
description: Originally published in 1950 and long out of print, this is William Goyen's first novel. It is described by the author as "the exultant song of my earlier days, elegy to my homesickness, memorial to my going out." A kind of hymn to childhood, memory, loss, love, and place, it celebrates a small town in Texas and a boyhood spent there. A virtuoso work that heralded the beginning of a major writer's career, The House of Breath is considered an American classic.
language: English
title: The House of Breath
titlecomplete: The House of Breath
genres: Fiction, Classics, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 213
publisher: Persea Books