num_pages: 544
description: Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time from Gant's birth to the age of 19. The setting is the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, a fictionalization of his home town, Asheville, North Carolina. Playwright Ketti Frings wrote a theatrical adaptation of Wolfe's work in a 1957 play of the same title.
language: English
title: Look Homeward, Angel
titlecomplete: Look Homeward, Angel
characters: Eugene Gant
genres: 20th Century, American, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 14543
places: Asheville, North Carolina, Altamont, North Carolina
publisher: Scribner