Description:
This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the
grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South.Like its predecessor The Hamlet and its
successor The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being
read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of
Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor and of
profundity.
About Author:
William Cuthbert Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer.
One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his reputation is based mostly on his
novels, novellas, and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter.
The majority of his works are based in his native state of Mississippi. Though his work was
published as early as 1919, and largely during the 1920s and 1930s, Faulkner was relatively
unknown until receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his powerful and artistically unique
contribution to the modern American novel." Faulkner has often been cited as one of the most
important writers in the history of American literature. Faulkner was influenced by the european
modernism, and employed the Stream of consciousness in several of his novels.
Other Editions:
- The Town (Paperback)
- A Cidade (Paperback)
Books By Author:
- Light in August
- Absalom, Absalom!
- The Mansion
- Eudora Welty
- Lilith
- Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey and His Dream of
Mother Africa
Rewiews:
Sue
This reminds me (again) that I need to return to this book so we can complete the trilogy together,
though you don't have to wait for me. I'll try to
This reminds me (again) that I need to return to this book so we can complete the trilogy together,
though you don't have to wait for me. I'll try to get to it after Ulysses...feel free to remind me.