A Fable, Faulkner's recasting of the Christ story set in World War I, earned him the Pulitzer Prize." - from the rear outer jacket. Requiem for a Nun tells the fate of the passionate, haunted Temple Drake and her tortured redemption. Intruder in the Dust, a detective novel, is a compassionate story of a black man on trial and the growing moral awareness of a southern white boy. It includes "The Bear," one of the most famous works in American fiction. This volume, one of five in The Library of America's authoritative edition of Faulkner's complete novels, gathers the four groundbreaking works from this fascinating period, Go Down, Moses is a haunting novel that explores the intertwined lives of black, white, and Indian inhabitants of Yoknapatawpha County. Plagued by depression and alcohol, he knew he had more to achieve and a finite amount of time and energy to achieve it. "The years 1942 to1954 saw Faulkner's greatest success - and greatest inner anguish. Also includes a bound-into-the-volume matching satin ribbon page marker. Includes Publisher Dedication Chronology Note on the Texts Notes Cataloging Information and a rear section entitled The Library of America Series. New condition maroon cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket.
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