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Requiem for a Nun
William Faulkner
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Description for Requiem for a Nun
Paperback. Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress' baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'
Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Switching between narrative prose and play script, this is Faulkner's haunting sequel to his earlier bestseller, Sanctuary.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099585916
SKU
V9780099585916
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About William Faulkner
Born in 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, William Faulkner was the son of a family proud of their prominent role in the history of the south. He grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, and left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers with the RAF, ... Read more
Reviews for Requiem for a Nun
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more