William Faulkner

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...

A wounded veteran returns home from World War I to find the life he left behind dramatically changed.

In 1919, young Bayard Sartoris returns to Yoknapatawpha from the war. But unlike his heroic Civil War great grandfather and great uncle, Sartoris' war experiences leave him aimless and bitter, a walking casualty of how the lost ideals and abiding memory of the ante-bellum South have crippled the present.

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...

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...

Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.

Set in Mississippi during the Civil War and Reconstruction, THE UNVANQUISHED focuses on the Sartoris family, who, with their code of personal responsibility and courage, stand for the best of the Old South's traditions.

At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member--including Addie--and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie's life. As I Lay Dying is the harrowing, darkly comic tale of the Bundren family's trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother, as told by each of the family members--including Addie herself.

The edition makes available for the first time and in one volume Faulkner's Fox screen writings. With its essays and annotations, it also makes a valuable contribution to recent scholarship across a number of fields, including screenplay studies and film and literature, as well as to the history of Twentieth Century-Fox during Hollywood's golden age. William Faulkner at Twentieth Century-Fox is a scholarly edition of the five screenplays that Faulkner...

At once an engrossing murder mystery and an unflinching portrait of racial injustice in the Reconstruction South, [this book] stands out as a true classic of Southern literature. A classic Faulkner novel which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. An aging black [man]who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man.