Name: thinking of home,william faulkner´s letters to his mother and father, 1918-1925
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Author: William Faulkner
ISBN: 9780393321234

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thinking of home,william faulkner´s letters to his mother and father, 1918-1925

Type

Physical Book

Author

William Faulkner

Illustrated by

James G. Watson

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x1.5 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

0393321231

ISBN13

9780393321234

Synopsis "thinking of home,william faulkner´s letters to his mother and father, 1918-1925"

How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home, says Darl Bundren in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. How much Faulkner himself is speaking may be suggested by this moving collection of nearly 150 letters. Written during his twenties, these letters describe Faulkner's first encounters with the North (...I made my first subway trip yesterday. The experience showed me that we are not descended from monkeys, as some say, but from lice.); his brief World War I military service, which grew in the retelling; the productive New Orleans months with Sherwood Anderson; and his first trip to Europe, with cold autumn days in Paris (Good thing the Lord gave these folks wine--they rate a recompense of some kind for this climate.) Fascinating in themselves for their close observation of people and places, the letters also offer glimmers of The Sound and the Fury and other future works, as the young writer stores up characters, settings, and events that will re-emerge, transformed, int the great novels of his maturity. Never before published, these letters are from the Faulkner collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. These letters, for years sequestered and unavailable, are among the most informative, touching, and eloquent William Faulkner ever wrote. No Faulkner specialist can be without this book; no Faulkner admirer should be without it.--Joseph Blotner, author of Faulkner: A Biography

William Faulkner

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William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American writer noted for his contribution to modernist literature and the Southern Gothic genre. He is known for his innovative use of stream of consciousness, fragmented narratives, and exploration of the Southern United States. Among his most important works are The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), Absalom, Absalom! (1936), and Light in August (1932).

His literature, laden with symbolism and structural complexity, portrays the decay of the American South and its racial and social conflicts. In 1949, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature, establishing himself as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century narrative. He also won two Pulitzer Prizes for A Fable (1954) and The Reivers (1962).

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