Faulkner, Mississippi

By Édouard Glissant

Book Overview

In 1989, the Caribbean writer Edouard Glissant visited Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's home in Oxford, Mississippi. His visit spurred him to write a revelatory book about the work of one of our greatest but still least-understood American writers.

"A fascinating way to read Faulkner. . . . Glissant's] case is nothing less than that, no matter how Faulkner's personal Furies twisted his public speech, Faulkner was a great, world-beating multiculturalist."--Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A sharp, challenging, and wholly unique tour of Yoknapatawpha County." --Kirkus Reviews

"Passionate. . . . Glissant's prose sometimes vies with Faulkner's for intricacy and evocative nuance." --Scott McLemee, Newsday

"Glissant tries to engage Faulkner on many fronts simultaneously, positioning himself as a critic, a fellow artist and as a descendant of slaves. . . He makes a convincing case that Faulkner is not just another 'dead white male author.'"--Scott Yarbrough, Raleigh News & Observer

" An] ambitious and, at times, rambunctious expedition into Yoknapatawpha County." --Christine Schwartz Hartley, New York Times Book Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226299945
• ISBN13: 9780226299945
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"