“It was like something you have dreaded and feared and dodged for years until it seemed like all your life, then despite everything it happened to you and all it was was just pain, all it did was hurt and so it was all over, all finished, all right.”
Intruder in the Dust is a classic Southern Gothic novel that delves into the complexities of racial relations and moral choices in the rural American South during the Great Depression. The story revolves around a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small town and becomes entangled in a local murder investigation, prompting a reevaluation of the town's residents' values and the social order. more
William Faulkner, an American writer born on September 25, 1897, and died on July 6, 1962. Known for his unique narrative techniques and profound descriptions of Southern society and history, Faulkner is considered one of the great novelists of the 20th century. more
“Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.”
“American love — like coke in green glass bottles...they don't make it anymore.”