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The Hills Beyond

The unfinished novel from which this collection of sketches, stories and novellas takes its title is credited as Wolfe's final effort. It tells the story of the Joyner family and conveys Wolfe's fine sense of family traits, rooted in a traceable past.

Genre
literary fiction
Setting
20th centuryamerican southUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 348 pages
Form
short stories

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