{"product_id":"9781931082891","title":"Novels 1926-1929","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Library of America edition of the complete novels of William Faulkner culminates with this volume presenting his first four full-length works of fiction, each newly edited, and, in many cases, restored with passages that were altered or (in the case of \u003ci\u003eMosquitoes\u003c\/i\u003e) expurgated by the original publishers. This is Faulkner as he was meant to be read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these four novels we can track Faulkner’s extraordinary evolution as, over the course of a few years, he discovers and masters the mode and matter of his greatest works. \u003ci\u003eSoldiers’ Pay\u003c\/i\u003e (1926) expresses the disillusionment provoked by World War I through its account of the postwar experiences of homecoming soldiers, including a severely wounded R.A.F. pilot, in a style of restless experimentation. In \u003ci\u003eMosquitoes\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), a raucous satire of artistic poseurs, many of them modeled after acquaintances of Faulkner in New Orleans, he continues to try out a range of stylistic approaches as he chronicles an ill-fated cruise on Lake Pontchartrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the sprawling \u003ci\u003eFlags in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (published in truncated form in 1929 as \u003ci\u003eSartoris\u003c\/i\u003e), Faulkner began his exploration of the mythical region of Mississippi that was to provide the setting for most of his subsequent fiction. Drawing on family history from the Civil War and after, and establishing many characters who recur in his later books, \u003ci\u003eFlags in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e marks the crucial turning point in Faulkner’s evolution as a novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume concludes with Faulkner’s masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e (1929). This multilayered telling of the decline of the Compson clan over three generations, with its complex mix of narrative voices and its poignant sense of isolation and suffering within a family, is one of the most stunningly original American novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057951228144,"sku":"9781931082891","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781931082891_p0.jpg?v=1763637919","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931082891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}