“It used to be I thought of death as a man something like Grandfather a friend of his a kind of private and particular friend like we used to think of Grandfather's desk not to touch it not even to talk loud in the room where it was.”
This reader includes a selection of short stories, essays, and excerpts from Faulkner's novels, providing a comprehensive overview of his writing and the complexities of his narrative techniques. 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
“People ... have tried to evoke God or devil to justify them in what their glands insisted upon.”
“A man never gets anywhere if facts and his ledgers don't square.”
“Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.”
“Love in the young requires as little of hope as of desire to feed upon.”
“La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.”