{"product_id":"2026200007786-secondhand-go-down-moses","title":"Go Down Moses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887916986587,"sku":"2026200007786-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6ac479ad-e7e2-45e2-afef-3900563bad33.png?v=1781749124","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007786-secondhand-go-down-moses","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}