First published 1999
This collection brings together 42 short stories that showcase Faulkner's compressed storytelling power. The volume includes "A Rose for Emily," where townspeople discover the shocking secret of a reclusive Southern woman after her death. "Two Soldiers" follows a young boy's determination to join his brother in World War II. "A Bear Hunt" presents men tracking dangerous game through Mississippi wilderness. "The Brooch" explores family tensions and hidden desires. Each story delivers Faulkner's vision with the impact of bullets, capturing the complexity of human nature in brief, intense narratives. These tales reveal the same depth that earned Faulkner the Nobel Prize, concentrated into short bursts of brilliant fiction.
Genres: short-stories, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mississippi
Period: World War II
Library Binding · Bt Bound