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This Norton Critical Edition includes:   The authoritative text of Light in August, established by Noel Polk in 1985 and accompanied by Melanie Benson Taylor's preface and explanatory footnotes.   A rich selection of background and contextual materials, thoughtfully and practically arranged to draw readers into the American South of Faulkner's imagination. Topics include "The Writer's World and Words, " "Reception and Influence, " and "Histori...

The Sound and the Fury' is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy, the manchild Benjy, haunted, neurotic Quentin, Jason, the brutal cynic, and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character's voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the t...

Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, 'As I Lay Dying' is a true 20th-century classic. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfil her last wish-to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Narrated in turn by each of the family members-including A...

The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy, the manchild Benjy, haunted, neurotic Quentin, Jason, the brutal cynic, and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character's voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the tw...

Una mano hábil ha tejido esta narración. . . Este libro suena verdadero." - The New York TimesLa primera novela de Faulkner, La Paga de los Soldados (1926), está entre las obras más memorables que surgieron de la Primera Guerra Mundial. A través de la historia del regreso de un veterano herido, examina el impacto en la gente del regreso de los soldados de la guerra, especialmente en las mujeres que quedaron atrás.En esta historia, un grupo de ...

Included are classics of short-form fiction such as `A Bear Hunt', `A Rose for Emily', `Two Soldiers' and `The Brooch'. Faulkner's ability to compress his epic vision into narratives of such grace and tragic intensity defines him as one of the finest and most original writers America has ever produced.

Faulkner's debut 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.

A fascinating glimpse of the author as a young artist, Faulkner's sophomore novel, Mosquitoes (1927), introduces us to a colorful band of passengers on a boating excursion from New Orleans. This engaging, high-spirited tale-which Faulkner wrote "for the sake of writing because it was fun"-provides a delightful accompaniment to his canonical works.

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CevirenlerAysun Arslan, Necla Aytür, Ünal Aytür, Ayberk Erkay, GülÜlker Gül, Bilge Karasu, Ülkü Tamer, Güven Turan, Burcu UguzYirminci yüzyil dünya edebiyatinin tartismasiz en büyükyaraticilarindan biri olan Faulknerdan, her biri romanderinliginde, akildan cikmayacak öyküler.William Faulkner, Amerikan Güneyini romanlarindadestanlastirmakla kalmadi, yarattigi zengin dünyayaöyküleriyle yeni halkalar ekledi. Elinizdeki secki, Emilyye Bir Gül, Amb...

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The Mansion tells of Mink Snopes, whose archaic sense of honor brings about the downfall of his cousin Flem. "For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man, " noted Ralph Ellison. "Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics.

The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction. It tells of the advent and the rise of the Snopes family in Frenchman's Bend, a small town built on the ruins of a once-stately plantation. Flem Snopes--wily, energetic, a man of shady origins--quick...

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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. Like its predecessor, The Hamlet, and its successor, The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from the other two.The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the audiobook is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of ...

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