Selected Short Stories

William Faulkner

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Modern Library
15 May 1993

Poetry by individual poets; Fiction & Literature; Short stories

From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner-also available are Snopes, As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom!

William 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 The Sound and the Fury. 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.""

Including these stories-

""Barn Burning""

""Two Soldiers""

""A Rose for Emily""

""Dry September""

""That Evening Sun""

""Red Leaves""

""Lo!""

""Turnabout""

""Honor""

""There Was a Queen""

""Mountain Victory""

""Beyond""

""Race at Morning""

By: William Faulkner
Imprint: Modern Library
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 212mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9780679424789
ISBN 10: 0679424784
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 May 1993
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Selected Short Stories

Another of Hughes' fond, recognizable views of everyday disorder. On the way home from shopping with mother, Alfie races ahead and brags about getting home first. But after Mom unlocks the row-house door and goes back for little Annie Rose in her stroller, the door slams shut. Alfie, who has rushed inside, can't open it, and his bragging turns to tears that match Annie Rose's when the family is trapped on different sides of the door. Well, the commotion brings Mrs. MacNally hurrying across the street, followed by her daughter Maureen. The milkman also tries to help, and finally Maureen fetches a nearby window-washer with his ladder to climb in the bathroom window. Just as he does, Alfie manages to open the door. He was very pleased with himself, as his posture and expression winningly reveal. The last double-page shows the lot - milkman, window-washer, and all - sharing a convivial tea in Mom's kitchen. Warming. (Kirkus Reviews)