by Thomas Wolfe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789895523825
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«O rapaz perdido» is the short novel by Thomas Wolfe published by Quasi in 2008, in paperback, with 93 pages, in Portuguese.
The story evokes the figure of Grover, Thomas Wolfe's brother who died at twelve, from the perspectives of four family members. Each point of view builds an intimate and moving portrait of memory, loss, and the author's humanity.
Work originally published in 1937 as «The Lost Boy: A Novella»; this Portuguese edition includes the translation by Maria Correia.
A read for those who appreciate classic American fiction and short stories with a familial and evocative background.
Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known largely for his first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), and for the short fiction that appeared during the last years of his life. He was one of the pioneers of autobiographical fiction, and along with William Faulkner, he is considered one of the most important authors of the Southern Renaissance within the American literary canon. He has been dubbed "North Carolina's most famous writer."
