"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by the Modern Library, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 1962 and 1993"--Colophon.
William Faulkner was a master of the short story. Most of the pieces in this collection are drawn from the greatest period in his writing life, the fifteen or so years beginning in 1929, when he published The Sound and the Fury.
A collection of short stories focuses on the people of rural Mississippi
“Jesus, I can't hardly wait,” I said. “You which?” Rosie hollered. “Jesus?” she hollered. “Jesus? You let your mamma hear you cussing and I bound you'll wait. You talk to me about a nickel! For a nickel ...
Contains the American novelist's greatest short novels: "Spotted Horses," "Old Man," and "The Bear."
Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories
Brooks shows that Faulkner's strong attachment to his region, with its rich particularity and deep sense of community, gave him a special vantage point from which to view the modern world.Books's consideration of such novels as Light in ...
A comprehensive analysis of this twentieth-century author's novels from Soldier's Pay to The Reivers, including geneological charts and biographical information
He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” —William Faulkner, on receiving the Nobel Prize Go Down, Moses is ...
Includes the author's trilogy about a pioneer family, set in rural Mississippi
While working on the night shift at a power plant, Faulkner wrote what he was determined would be his masterpiece, As I Lay Dying. He finished it in about seven weeks, and it was published in 1930, again to generally good reviews and ...