William Faulkner
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Dive into the haunting and powerful world of "The Sound and the Fury", William Faulkner's Southern Gothic masterpiece. A tale of loss, decay, and the passage of time, this novel unravels the tragic downfall of the once-proud Compson family through an innovative and deeply emotional narrative.
Told from four distinct perspectives, Faulkner's stream-of-consciousness technique immerses readers in the fragmented minds of his unforgettable characters....
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The unforgettable tale of an American soldier's return home from WWI by the Nobel Prize—winning author of The Sound and the Fury.
Lt. Donald Mahon served as a fighter pilot in the Great War. After suffering a terrible head injury, he was released from the hospital with lost memories and a disfiguring scar. Now, back in America, he makes his way home to Georgia with the help of a fellow veteran and a young war widow. But as his health continues to...
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A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.
As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others,...
As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others,...
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A landmark in American fiction, Light in August published in 1932, explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. 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 Faulkner's complex and...
5) Mosquitoes
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One of Faulkner's most controversial novels! A lesser-known but compelling novel from the author of Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury. Have you ever wondered what speaks to the tortured soul of an artist? What would it be like to be stuck on a yacht with only the musings of the world and a group of artists as your company? In the heat of the late Louisiana summer, Faulkner brings us a story of artistry that examines the thoughts and actions...
6) Sanctuary
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A powerful novel examining the nature of evil, informed by the works of T. S. Eliot and Freud, mythology, local lore, and hardboiled detective fiction, Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake, who introduces her own form of venality into the Memphis underworld where she is being held.
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Family drama and the legacy of slavery haunt this epic tale of an enigmatic stranger in Jefferson, Mississippi—from one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works...
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works...
8) Sartoris
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In this Southern gothic classic by a Nobel Prize winner, the shadows of war drive a wedge between a wealthy Mississippi family and their dreams.
At the end of the Civil War, Confederate Colonel John Sartoris brought the railroad to Jefferson, Mississippi, where he planted roots, grew a family, and became a legend . . .
Decades later, the once prosperous Sartoris clan is experiencing a reversal of fortune. Two of Colonel John's great-grandsons-twins...
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"El ruido y la furia es una de las novelas más complejas e influyentes del siglo XX, escrita por William Faulkner en 1929. Ambientada en el sur de los Estados Unidos, narra la decadencia de la familia Compson, una estirpe sureña que se desmorona bajo el peso del tiempo, la frustración y el deterioro moral. La historia se divide en cuatro secciones, cada una con una voz narrativa distinta, empezando con Benjy, un hombre con discapacidad intelectual...
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First published in 1929, William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury stands as a landmark of Modernist literature. Renowned for its daring narrative style, the novel immerses readers in the inner worlds of the Compson family through Faulkner's masterful use of stream-of-consciousness. Each section unfolds from the unique perspective of a different sibling-Benjy, Quentin, and Jason-culminating in a final part told by an omniscient narrator. At the heart...
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William Faulkner fue un narrador y poeta estadounidense, galardonado con el premio Nobel de literatura en 1949. Escribió novelas, relatos cortos, guiones cinematográficos, ensayos y una obra de teatro. Es principalmente conocido por sus narraciones situadas en el ficticio condado de Yoknapatawpha, basado en el condado de Lafayette, en Mississippi, donde él residió la mayor parte de su vida. Faulkner es considerado universalmente como uno de los...
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Faulkner's prolific publication history began at the age of 16 with poems and sketches for the Ole Miss campus newspaper, The Mississippian. The author continued to contribute to the publication throughout his student days at the university as well as after dropping out. These early works of poetry and prose reflect his gift for keen observations and the growing refinement of his voice as one of the greatest of America's Southern authors. Eighteen...
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Examining the reality of First World War aviators, this volume features William Faulkner's astonishing first novel, Soldiers' Pay, alongside the diary of an unknown veteran who died in action.
William Faulkner's Soldiers' Pay was first published in 1926 and explores the life of a severely wounded aviator when he returns from war to his small hometown. The seminal novel presents the struggles of many soldiers following the First World War and gives...
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Thomas Sutpen stammt aus einer armen weißen Familie, heiratet auf Haiti die reiche Eulalia Bon und taucht 1833 plötzlich mit einem Haufen schwarzer Sklaven in Jefferson auf, wo er ein Herrenhaus errichtet und ein zweites Mal heiratet. Er hat aus dieser Ehe zwei Kinder, Judith und Henry, aber er hat auch einen Sohn aus der ersten Ehe, Charles Bon, der sich ahnungslos in Judith verliebt. Nach Ende des Bürgerkriegs, der die Liebenden für eine Weile...
19) The Reivers
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2007
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One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucius Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal his grandfather's car and make a trip to Memphis. The Priest's black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which thy are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss...




