Bücher von William Faulkner

A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in Faulkner's complex and tragic world.

A complex, intense American novel of family from the winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureWith an introduction by Richard HughesEver since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century.

The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people.

This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkner's elaborate descriptive syntax. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed with the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a black butler.

"Read, read, read. Read everything-trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window." -William Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! is Faulkner's epic tale of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who comes to Jefferson, Mississippi, in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him."

""Main Street,"" the classic novel by Sinclair Lewis, isn't just a SINCLAIR LEWISbook - it's a one-way ticket to Gopher Prairie, a town soquintessentially Midwestern that even the cornstalks have anopinion on proper decorum. Follow the adventures (ormisadventures) of Carol Kennicott, a city girl with dreams biggerthan her new husband's medical practice, as she takes on small-town life with the enthusiasm of a squirrel at a nut festival. Butbeware, Gopher Prairie isn't just any sleepy town; it's a placewhere the local gossip travels faster than light and conformity isthe favorite dish served at every potluck. Lewis's razor-sharp witcuts through the American heartland like a hot knife throughbutter, serving up a delightful satire that's as refreshing as a coldglass of lemonade on a hot July day. Buckle up, because ""MainStreet"" is about to take you on a rollicking ride through the highsand lows of trying to repaint a town that's perfectly content withits shades of beige.

""Explore the intricate tapestry of early 20th-century Europethrough the eyes of Ford Madox Ford in 'Some Do Not...', thefirst volume of his acclaimed 'Parade's End' series. Thismasterfully written novel delves into the complexities of love,duty, and the inevitable change brought by the First World War.Set against a backdrop of tumultuous societal shifts, the storyfollows Christopher Tietjens, a man of principles caught in thecrossfire of personal and political turmoil. Witness Tietjens'journey as he navigates the challenges of a changing world, tornbetween his traditional values and the new realities of themodern era. Ford's exquisite prose and deep understanding ofhuman nature make 'Some Do Not...' a timeless classic, offeringa poignant reflection on the clash between old and new. A must-read for lovers of historical fiction and those intrigued by thesubtleties of human relationships amidst great historicalupheavals.""

A group of soldiers travel by train across the United States in the aftermath of the First World War. One of them is horribly scarred, blind and almost entirely mute. Moved by his condition, a few civilian fellow travellers decided to see him home to Georgia, to a family who believed him dead, and a fiancée who grew tired of waiting. Faulkner's first novel deals powerfully with lives blighted by war.

Soldiers¿ Pay is William Faulkner¿s first published novel. It begins with a train journey on which two American soldiers, Joe Gilligan and Julian Lowe, are returning from the First World War. They meet a scarred, lethargic, and withdrawn fighter pilot, Donald Mahon, who was presumed dead by his family. The novel continues to focus on Mahon and his slow deterioration, and the various romantic complications that arise upon his return home.Faulkner drew inspiration for this novel from his own experience of the First World War. In the spring of 1918, he moved from his hometown, Oxford, Mississippi, to Yale and worked as an accountant until meeting a Canadian Royal Air Force pilot who encouraged him to join the R.A.F. He then traveled to Toronto, pretended to be British (he affected a British accent and forged letters from British officers and a made-up Reverend), and joined the R.A.F. in the hopes of becoming a hero. But the war ended before he was able to complete his flight training, and, like Julian Lowe, he never witnessed actual combat. Upon returning to Mississippi, he began fabricating various heroic stories about his time in the air force (like narrowly surviving a plane crash with broken legs and metal plates under the skin), and proudly strode around Oxford in his uniform.Faulkner was encouraged to write Soldiers¿ Pay by his close friend and fellow writer Sherwood Anderson, whom Faulkner met in New Orleans. Anderson wrote in his Memoirs that he went ¿personally to Horace Liveright¿¿Soldiers¿ Pay was originally published by Boni & Liveright¿¿to plead for the book.¿Though the novel was a commercial failure at the time of its publication, Faulkner¿s subsequent fame has ensured its long-term success.

Mosquitoes centers around a colorful assortment of passengers, out on a boating excursion from New Orleans. The rich and the aspiring, social butterflies and dissolute dilettantes are all easy game for Faulkner's barbed wit in this engaging high-spirited novel which offers a fascinating glimpse of Faulkner as a young artist.

2022 Reprint of the 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Faulkner's first novel, Soldiers' Pay, is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veteran's homecoming, it examines the impact of soldiers' return from war on the people¿particularly the women¿who were left behind. It was written during the summer of 1925, while he was working in New Orleans, that Faulkner met Sherwood Anderson and was encouraged by him to write a novel.Unlike his later books this post-war story of a wounded, helpless and dying officer returning home to his father and his fickle sweetheart is set in Georgia, but some of Faulkner's feeling for the south and many of his character-types are already foreshadowed.

1925 veröffentlichte der damals noch völlig unbekannte William Faulkner einige Skizzen und Kurzgeschichten in regionalen Zeitschriften. Einfache Leute sind das Personal dieser in New Orleans angesiedelten Genrebilder, Seeleute, Schmuggler, Bettler und Huren, Wettbetrüger und Priester.1960 wurden diese New Orleans Sketches des mittlerweile weltberühmten Nobelpreisträgers Arno Schmidt zur Übersetzung angeboten. Er griff, wie er sagte, nur »aus Reklamegründen« zu, denn er mochte Faulkner nicht. Seine 1962 erschienene deutsche Version der Sketches ist trotzdem brillant - in Faulkners Alltagssprache war Schmidt eben zu Hause.Eine Fortsetzung fand Schmidts Auseinandersetzung mit dem amerikanischen Schriftstellerkollegen in der Erzählung >Piporakemes!

Dieser Roman erzählt die Geschichte der Familie Compson über drei Jahrzehnte, beginnend mit Benjy, dem geistig behinderten Sohn des Hauses. Er kennt kein Gestern, Heute und Morgen, ist so auf ewig in der Gegenwart gefangen.Für Quentin, den Ältesten, bricht 1910 der letzte Tag in Harvard an. Er prüft sein geistiges Erbe, ordnet den spärlichen Nachlass und findet kaum Gründe, die ihn noch ans Leben binden. Und so fällt Jason, dem Jüngsten, die Rolle des Familienvorstands zu - eine Rolle, die er kaum ausfüllen kann. «Schall und Wahn»: ein ungeheuerlicher Familienroman voller Wut, Eigensinn und auch Humor. Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur - neu übersetzt und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Frank Heibert.

Als die Matriarchin Addie Bundren im Sterben lag, verlangte sie, in ihrer Heimatstadt Jefferson begraben zu werden. Der Leichenzug der >armen weißen

Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wishto be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Narrated in turn by each of the family membersincluding Addie herselfas well as others the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.

"What a pleasure! . . . Essential for understanding Faulkner, and a good read for everybody." -Noel Polk