Thomas Wolfe 
Look Homeward, Angel 

Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an American novelist of the early twentieth century.[1]Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. Thomas Wolfe published “ Look Homeward, Angel, “his first novel, about a young man’s burning desire to leave his small town and tumultuous family in search of a better life, in 1929. Wolfe said that Look Homeward, Angel is 'a book made out of my life, ’ and his largely autobiographical story about the quest for a greater intellectual life has resonated with and influenced generations of readers, including some of today’s most important novelists.