Thomas Wolfe

Tom Wolfe has produced a remarkable book - a detailed probing of the principles Meher Baba has given His lovers, a collection of comparable, divinely inspired quotes from every major religion, pointing out their concordance with Meher Baba's teachings as well as each other. It provides evidence of the Divine Plan common to all religions, the unity of souls and God's unvarying revelations and communication with humanity. No matter what your perspective on God and religion might be, reading this book will strengthen and inspire your faith, bringing you yet another step nearer to the reality of God's Universal Love. - Brian Darnell

Originated in 1810 to celebrate the wedding of future King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the Munich Oktoberfest is the world's largest funfair. Locally called the "Wiesn," it is a glamorous part of Bavarian culture and, with 200 amusement rides, sidestalls and games, with 6 million visitors and 7 million liters of beer sold each year an important economic factor for the city. In spectacular pictures, Rainer Viertlboeck, a photographer who has received numerous awards and is the author of the recent Schirmer/Mosel publication M nchen, has documented the 2014 and 2015 Oktoberfests covering their entire 16 day runs.

The second novel by the great American novelist, now the subject of a major new film, Genius, starring Jude Law, Colin Firth, Dominic West and Nicole Kidman.It is 1920 and Eugene Gant leaves the American South for Harvard, New York and Europe, determined to make his way as a writer. On the boat home, he meets Esther Jack, the woman who is to dominate his life. Autobiographical, vital and passionate, Wolfe's second novel blazes with energy and life.Wolfe's first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, is also now available in Penguin Classics. Together, the two novels tell the story of Eugene Gant, Wolfe's fictional alter-ego, as he grows up in a dysfunctional family in the American South and discovers his true vocation as a writer.This new edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian.

The first novel by the great American novelist, now the subject of a major new film, Genius, starring Jude Law, Colin Firth, Dominic West and Nicole Kidman. Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows up in small-town America. Both lonely outsider and passionate chronicler of American life, Eugene experiences upheaval and family tragedy before coming to realise that he must leave his home behind if he is to forge his own path in the world. This is the dazzlingly rich first novel from one of the most brilliant and mercurial voices of early twentieth-century, who was a major influence on writers including Hunter S. Thompson, Ray Bradbury, Philip Roth and the Beats.This new edition includes an introduction by Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian. Wolfe's second novel, Of Time and the River, continuing the story of Eugene Gant, is also now available in Penguin Classics.

Thomas Clayton Wolfe, morto di tubercolosi a soli 38 anni uno scrittore e poeta statunitense. famoso soprattutto per la sua scrittura moderna, poetica, impressionista. Questo il suo romanzo pi famoso, il cui titolo si ispira ad un verso di Milton, e ripercorre, attraverso le vicende dei protagonisti, la vita dell'America di inizio del secolo. Con occhio disincantato, vengono sezionati i modi di vivere e di pensare degli Americani, questi ''esuli in patria'', che non riescono mai a sfuggire alla loro brama di viaggi, di orizzonti diversi, di cieli pi ampi. E, dietro tutto questo, una domanda ricorrente: perch tutto questo? E, sempre, la sensazione di una morte che si avvicina, a liberare dall'inutilit dell'esistenza, a permettere il ricongiungimento con un mondo e un incanto perduto. Libro ricco di elementi autobiografici, ha ispirato, col suo stile, Jack Kerouac e la beat generation.