This novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1955. An allegorical story of World War I, set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment, it was originally considered a sharp departure for Faulkner. Recently it has come to be recognized as one of his major works and an essential part of the Faulkner oeuvre. His descriptions of the war "rise to magnificence," according to The New York Times, and include, in Malcolm Cowley's words, "some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived."
William Faulkner
William Faulkner, born in 1897 in Mississippi, is renowned for his novel "The Sound and the Fury." His stream-of-consciousness style and use of Southern Gothic themes revolutionized American literature. Faulkner's exploration of complex characters and the deep South's history continues to inspire generations of writers.
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