You Can't Go Home Again (Abridged) Audiobook

" huge drags in various places. some good characters (Judge Bland by far the best villain) "

" He died too soon. I miss the books he should have written. "

" I actually did not finish it, by the time I got to book five, the self-indulgent nature of the author's writing style just became too much for me. I did enjoy Book 1, 2 and 3. "

" A FAVORITE SOUTHERN AUTHOR. eVEN BEEN TO HIS HOUSE IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL nc MTSN I think I nght re read again. But this was a landmark book for me in my early college years. "

" Truly wonderful writing, like riding a wave on a surf board that goes on forever. "

" I liked this fine. Knowing that most of it was cribbed from his actual life makes me feel...like he's cheating. I did love the section on the night of the big party with the weird puppet guy. And (spoiler alert) the ending of that section with the fire summarizes so perfectly the 1920s--the elevator operators die of smoke inhalation while running the apartment complex's guests out during the fire. The section on his drive through the English countryside with famous American author Lloyd McHarg (I have to go look that up and see if that was supposed to be someone real) was pretty funny. The section on Germany and Berlin during the 1936 Olympics really captures the sense of dread and oppression that we've all come to associate with Hitler's Germany. He also captures well the ambivalent feelings of many Germans toward Jews. He only lived until 1938, I wonder what he would have thought of everything after... It's a nice memoir set in third person, but is it a *story*? Not so much. "

" see review for Look Homeward Angel "

" A great American story, as pertinent now as it was when it was first published. "

" I don't know that I've ever read such pretty words. "

" A genuis writer...very dense & wordy..but brilliant "

" Rereading for I don't know what time. There is something about this book I just really like. "

" This was a great book. :) definitely a Good Read! "

" This is another one of Thomas Wolfe's great books. It's wonderful! "

" a long read, tough at times. Thomas Wolfe has a way with prose and philosophy thats hard to find anywhere else. "

" The definition of "masterpiece." "

" i read Look Homeward Angel for a jr year highschool term paper. i love it thick. "

" Something we all feel at some time in our lives.... "

" the characters were one dimensional. i never felt engaged by the book. an obvious retelling of his own life, but the style or sense of plot development other writers posses who have done the same, i.e. hemingway, carver, plath. "

" Wolfe' writing is magnificent. His social commentaries are as relevant today as when they were written in the 1930's. He does wander away from the main story frequently, but the stories within the story are well worth the read. "

" huge drags in various places. some good characters (Judge Bland by far the best villain) "

" a long read, tough at times. Thomas Wolfe has a way with prose and philosophy thats hard to find anywhere else. "

" A classic and well-written book about an author who writes about his home town and burns some bridges in the process. "

" He died too soon. I miss the books he should have written. "

" I read this because I read that Kerouac read it. "

" I don't know that I've ever read such pretty words. "

" Stopped in my tracks and caught my breath over and over. Beautiful language shot through with truth. "

" This book had its good points, but I found the narrator's voice incredibly obnoxious. I guess I'd call it overwritten - very heavy on the adjectives, deep thoughts, etc. I like books where you have to work a little harder to understand the characters and conclusions. "

" 3.5........This book to me was all over the place but most episodes very engaging.. "