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...

• 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"