A Fable
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, A Fable stands as one of William Faulkner's most ambitious and philosophically charged works of literary fiction. Set during a single week in World War I France, the novel chronicles the story of a corporal who leads a regiment of French soldiers in a mutiny by refusing to fight — a narrative Faulkner constructs as a bold allegorical retelling of the Passion of Christ. Written with the dense, layered prose that defines Faulkner's style, the work argues that the human capacity for endurance and moral courage persists even in the face of institutional power and the machinery of war. The tone is solemn and mythic, demanding an engaged reader willing to wrestle with questions of sacrifice, complicity, and the nature of heroism. Widely regarded as one of the most daring experiments in American modernist literature, A Fable illustrates Faulkner's unrelenting belief in the moral weight of storytelling.
Author: William Faulkner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, The Modern Library, New York
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, A Fable stands as one of William Faulkner's most ambitious and philosophically charged works of literary fiction. Set during a single week in World War I France, the novel chronicles the story of a corporal who leads a regiment of French soldiers in a mutiny by refusing to fight — a narrative Faulkner constructs as a bold allegorical retelling of the Passion of Christ. Written with the dense, layered prose that defines Faulkner's style, the work argues that the human capacity for endurance and moral courage persists even in the face of institutional power and the machinery of war. The tone is solemn and mythic, demanding an engaged reader willing to wrestle with questions of sacrifice, complicity, and the nature of heroism. Widely regarded as one of the most daring experiments in American modernist literature, A Fable illustrates Faulkner's unrelenting belief in the moral weight of storytelling.