The sequel to Thomas Wolfe's remarkable first novel, <I>Look Homeward, Angel, Of Time and the River</I> is one of the great classics of American literature. The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe. In a massive, ambitious, and boldly passionate novel, Wolfe examines the passing of time and the nature of the creative process, as Gant slowly but ecstatically embraces the urban life, recognizing it as a necessary ordeal for the birth of his creative genius as a writer. <P> The work of an exceptionally expressive writer of fertile imagination and startling emotional intensity, <I>Of Time and the River</I> illuminates universal truths about art and life, city and country, past and present. It is a novel that is majestic and enduring. As P. M. Jack observed in <I>The New York Times,</I> "It is a triumphant demonstration that Thomas Wolfe has the stamina to produce a magnificent epic of American life." <P> This edition, published in celebration of Wolfe's centennial anniversary, contains a new introduction by Pat Conroy.