Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, this title explores passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. It is about lovelessness - 'only an idiot has no grief; only a fool would forget it. What else is there in this world sharp enough to stick to your guts?'
Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, this title explores passionate family relationships wher...
Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in the author's complex and tragic world.
Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perve...
In 1925 William Faulkner began his professional writing career in earnest while living in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He had published a volume of poetry (The Marble Faun), had written a few book reviews, and had contributed sketches to the University of Mississippi student newspaper. He had served a stint in the Royal Canadian Air Corps and while working in a New Haven bookstore had become acquainted with the wife of the writer Sherwood Anderson.
In his first six months in New Orleans, where the Andersons were living, Faulkner made his initial foray into serious fiction...
In 1925 William Faulkner began his professional writing career in earnest while living in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He had published a vol...
Faulkner s first novel, Soldiers Pay (1926), is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veteran s homecoming, it examines the impact of soldiers return from war on the people particularly the women who were left behind."
Faulkner s first novel, Soldiers Pay (1926), is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded vete...
Der Roman 'Griff in den Staub' nimmt innerhalb des Gesamtwerks Faulkners eine Schlüsselstellung ein. Yoknapatawpha County, seine Bewohner und deren politische Ansichten dienen Faulkner in diesem Buch als Spiegelfläche für seine eigenen Gedanken über die Stellung der Südstaaten, die Politik der Nordstaaten und das Rassenproblem.
Der Roman 'Griff in den Staub' nimmt innerhalb des Gesamtwerks Faulkners eine Schlüsselstellung ein. Yoknapatawpha County, seine Bewohner und deren p...
This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational, Sanctuary, was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in Sanctuary. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. The book begins when the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. Told partly in prose, partly in play form, Requiem for a Nun is a haunting exploration of the impact of the past on the present.
This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational, Sanctuary, was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years aft...
This is the second volume of Faulkner s trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South. Like its predecessor, The Hamlet, and its successor, The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes s ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor and profundity.
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This is the second volume of Faulkner s trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South....
The Mansion completes Faulkner's great trilogy of the Snopes family in the mythical county of Yoknapatawpha, Mississippi, which also includes The Hamlet and The Town. Beginning with the murder of Jack Houston, and ending with the murder of Flem Snopes, it traces the downfall of this indomitable post-bellum family, who managed to seize control of the town of Jefferson within a generation.
The Mansion completes Faulkner's great trilogy of the Snopes family in the mythical county of Yoknapatawpha, Mississippi, which also include...
Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason for Nancy's crime. The law takes its course, but justice has been done.
Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason ...
