Requiem for a Nun

By: William Faulkner

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Paperback | 4 October 1996 | Edition Number 1

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256 Pages

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19.5 x 13 x 2

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Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby. The lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason for Nancy's crime. The law takes its course; but justice, in Faulkner's sense, has been done.

About the Author

William Faulkner was a prolific writer who became very famous during his lifetime, but who shied away from the spotlight as much as possible. He is remembered as both a gentlemanly Southern eccentric and an arrogant, snobbish alcoholic. But perhaps the best way to describe Faulkner is to describe his heritage, for, like so many of his literary characters, Faulkner was profoundly affected by his family.

Industry Reviews

"A revolutionary novelist - he experiments with narration like no other" * Guardian * "His mind to him a kingdom was; or rather, a county, Yoknapatawpha. He breathed on it and gave it life, a luminous world of rustics, comic and sinister, of inchoate historical processes and tragic human beings, earning dignity by endurance" * Independent * "The magnitude of Faulkner's characters lies in their blood and bone and sinew: the exquisite specificity of their human fallibility... Faulkner seemed incapable of separating intimate character from universal truth, and this rough refusal - both humble and defiant - was at the root of his force as a writer... No other American writer has achieved such staggering heights of form" * Boston Globe * "There is tension and passion enough in this drama. The impetus never fails" * Observer *

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