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 -- quickly comes to dominate the town and its people with his cunning and guile.
Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a sym
El punto de inflexión a la carrera de Faulkner llegó precisamente con la publicación del ruido y la furia (1929), una patraña moral sobre la crisis de valores que asoló el siglo XX. Escrita en un ataque de orgullo de creador, en contra del mundo editorial y de la critica, fue aclamada desde el primer momento como una obra maestra de la narrativa moderna. Con el tiempo ha ido ocupando su lugar natural junto a las grandes piedras de toque de la modernidad, como Ulises de James Joyce o Mrs. Dalloway de Virginia Woolf. Situada al sur mas profundo de Misisipi, la novel•la narra, con una sabia tecnica de contrapunto, la tragica historia de la familia Compson, en otro tiempo prospera y ahora empobrecida y en plena decadencia, derrota por el alcoholismo, el sexo, la avaricia y la carencia de evolucion personal.
Un elemento clave para la comprensión del universo literario de Faulkner. A través de quince novelas y más de cincuenta relatos, Faulkner configuró la saga del mítico condado de Yoknapatawpha, terri
Seven dramatic stories which reveal Faulkners compassionate understanding of the Deep South. His characters are humble people who live out their lives within the same small circle of the earth, who die unrecorded. Their epitaphs make a fitting introduction to one of the great American writers of the century.
&ldquoYou cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.&rdquo &mdashWilliam Faulkner These short works offer three different approaches to Faulkner, each representative of his work as a whole. Spotted Horses is a hilarious account of a horse auction, and pits the &ldquocold practicality&rdquo of women against the boyish folly of men. Old Man is something of an adventure story. When a flood ravages the countryside of the lower Mississippi, a convict finds himself adrift with a pregnant woman. And The Bear, perhaps his best known shorter work, is the story of a boy&rsquos coming to terms wit the adult world. By learning how to hunt, the boy is taught the real meaning of pride, humility, and courage.
