{"product_id":"the-web-and-the-root-9780061579554","title":"The Web and the Root","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortly before his death at a tragically young age, author Thomas Wolfe presented his editor with an epic masterwork that was subsequently published as three separate novels: \u003cem\u003eYou Can't Go Home Again\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hills Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Web and the Rock\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Web and the Root\u003c\/em\u003e features the three initial sections of the \u003cem\u003eThe Web and the Rock\u003c\/em\u003e, widely considered to be the book's strongest material. A prequel to \u003cem\u003eYou Can't Go Home Again\u003c\/em\u003e, it is the story of George Webber's momentous journey from Libya Falls, North Carolina, to the Golden City of the North--offering vivid, sometimes cutting depictions of rural pleasures and small-town clannishness while exploring boundless urban possibility and the complex, violent undercurrents of the metropolis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolfe, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eOne of the most important American writers of his generation, Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) was born in Asheville, North Carolina. His other novels include \u003cem\u003eOf Time and the River\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLook Homeward, Angel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459896840466,"sku":"9780061579554","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a046a22d-3cb9-4f51-b823-52c0f4fff86d.jpg?v=1730012722","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-web-and-the-root-9780061579554","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}