The Lost Boy: A Novella

by Thomas Wolfe and Edward Campbell (With a Note on Thomas Wolfe by) Wolfe, Thomas, and Aswell

Book Overview

It's 1904, the St. Louis World's Fair is in full swing, and the Wolfe family has traveled from Asheville to offer lodging for their neighbors visiting the fair. The family is soon consumed with the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807820636
• ISBN13: 9780807820636
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

a nouvellette's treasure

Ever remembered a sentence or two from the book and, still later on, didn't recall where it comes from? Well, there is one in the 'The lost boy' that I'd say I'll never forget. It goes: 'Light came and went and came again...' I would believe this is the best definition of Time I've ever read. It tells what we all already know - that the Time is here, all around, that it passes, eternally, incessantly, giving us no chance to do anything about it. And although there's much more to the nouvellette, it's worth reading it from the beginning to the end. It's 'realness' moves you all along.

The Lost Boy

This book is a gem! It is brimming with lyricism, longing and passion. It is Wolfe at his very best. For those who feel that Wolfe tended to ramble, here they will find him constrained by the limits of the novella form. They will find his skill for characterization (which was always remarkable) honed to an even higher degree of excellence in this piece. The story is autobiographical and deeply felt by Wolfe and he succeeds in transmitting those feelings to the reader. It is my belief that even if he had written nothing else, his reputation could rest comfortably on this piece alone.