The Unvanquished
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:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Unvanquished is a gripping work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and its turbulent aftermath in the Deep South. Narrated through the eyes of young Bayard Sartoris, it chronicles the collapse of a proud Mississippi family's world as war strips away their wealth, order, and certainty. Faulkner weaves seven interconnected stories into a seamless novel, tracing Bayard's passage from boyhood adventure to the moral reckoning of manhood with extraordinary emotional depth. The prose moves between dark humour and stark tragedy, capturing the brutal contradictions of a society clinging to a doomed code of honour. Widely regarded as one of Faulkner's most accessible works, it stands as a powerful meditation on courage, loyalty, and the cost of inherited myth.
Author: William Faulkner
Format: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
The Unvanquished is a gripping work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and its turbulent aftermath in the Deep South. Narrated through the eyes of young Bayard Sartoris, it chronicles the collapse of a proud Mississippi family's world as war strips away their wealth, order, and certainty. Faulkner weaves seven interconnected stories into a seamless novel, tracing Bayard's passage from boyhood adventure to the moral reckoning of manhood with extraordinary emotional depth. The prose moves between dark humour and stark tragedy, capturing the brutal contradictions of a society clinging to a doomed code of honour. Widely regarded as one of Faulkner's most accessible works, it stands as a powerful meditation on courage, loyalty, and the cost of inherited myth.