Go Down Moses
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of American modernist fiction, Go Down, Moses chronicles the tangled history of the McCaslin family across generations of the American South, weaving together seven interconnected stories that confront the twin legacies of slavery and the wilderness. Faulkner constructs a dense, morally charged narrative in which the land itself becomes a symbol of sin, inheritance, and the impossible desire for redemption, most powerfully embodied in the young Ike McCaslin's repudiation of his family's tainted estate. The celebrated novella-length story The Bear, nestled at the heart of the collection, stands as one of the most profound meditations on nature, manhood, and loss in all of American literature. Written in Faulkner's characteristically intricate and incantatory prose, the work argues that the South's original sins — the theft of land and the enslavement of people — cannot be escaped through mere renunciation, only endured and mourned. Ambitious, elegiac, and uncompromising, it remains an essential cornerstone of the Southern Gothic tradition.
Author: William Faulkner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, The Modern Library
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of American modernist fiction, Go Down, Moses chronicles the tangled history of the McCaslin family across generations of the American South, weaving together seven interconnected stories that confront the twin legacies of slavery and the wilderness. Faulkner constructs a dense, morally charged narrative in which the land itself becomes a symbol of sin, inheritance, and the impossible desire for redemption, most powerfully embodied in the young Ike McCaslin's repudiation of his family's tainted estate. The celebrated novella-length story The Bear, nestled at the heart of the collection, stands as one of the most profound meditations on nature, manhood, and loss in all of American literature. Written in Faulkner's characteristically intricate and incantatory prose, the work argues that the South's original sins — the theft of land and the enslavement of people — cannot be escaped through mere renunciation, only endured and mourned. Ambitious, elegiac, and uncompromising, it remains an essential cornerstone of the Southern Gothic tradition.