{"product_id":"selected-short-stories-hardcover","title":"Selected Short Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner--also available are \u003ci\u003eSnopes, As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e. They explore many of the themes found in the novels and feature characters of small-town Mississippi life that are uniquely Faulkner's. In \"A Rose for Emily,\" the first of his stories to appear in a national magazine, a straightforward, neighborly narrator relates a tale of love, betrayal, and murder. The vicious family of the Snopes trilogy turns up in \"Barn Burning,\" about a son's response to the activities of his arsonist father. And Jason and Caddy Compson, two other inhabitants of Faulkner's mythical Yoknapatawpha County, are witnesses to the terrorizing of a pregnant black laundress in \"That Evening Sun.\" These and the other stories gathered here attest to the fact that Faulkner is, as Ralph Ellison so aptly noted, \"the greatest artist the South has produced.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluding these stories: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Barn Burning\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Two Soldiers\"\u003cbr\u003e \"A Rose for Emily\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Dry September\"\u003cbr\u003e \"That Evening Sun\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Red Leaves\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Lo \"\u003cbr\u003e \"Turnabout\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Honor\"\u003cbr\u003e \"There Was a Queen\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Mountain Victory\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Beyond\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Race at Morning\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaulkner was a master of the short story. Most of the stories 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. They deal with many of the themes found in the novels and with the subjects and characters of small-town Mississippi life that are uniquely Faulkner's. In \"A Rose for Emily\", the first of his stories to appear in a national magazine, a straightforward, neighborly narrator relates a tale of love, betrayal, murder, and implied necrophilia. The vicious Snopes family of The Hamlet trilogy turns up in \"Barn Burning\" (1938), about a son's response to the activities of his arsonist father. Other inhabitants of Yoknapatawpha County appearing here include Jason and Caddy Compson, childish witnesses to the terror of the pregnant black laundress in \"That Evening Sun\" (1930), who fears that her lover will murder her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He published his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/i\u003e (a collection of poems), in 1924, and his first novel, \u003ci\u003eSoldier's Pay, \u003c\/i\u003ein 1926. In 1949, having written such works as \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury, \u003c\/i\u003eFaulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He also received the Pulitzer Prize for two other novels, \u003ci\u003eA Fable\u003c\/i\u003e (1954) and \u003ci\u003eThe Reivers\u003c\/i\u003e (1962). From 1957 to 1958 he was Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia. He died on July 6, 1962, in Byhalia, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756885475616,"sku":"9780679424789","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b19788e23e7b4eb2016f2b77e148a1c.webp?v=1780088421","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/selected-short-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}