William Faulkner

The Reivers (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The Reivers: A Reminiscence" is William Faulkner's final novel, set in the early 20th century. It follows 11-year-old Lucius Priest, who becomes unwittingly involved in a scheme to go to Memphis with the family friend Boon Hogganbeck. Boon steals Lucius' grandfather's car, and they are joined by Ned McCaslin, a black man and cousin of the Priests. In Memphis, they stay at a boarding-house run by Miss Reba, where Lucius meets Otis, an unpleasant boy, and Miss Corrie, a former prostitute. Lucius fights Otis, impressing Corrie, who decides to change her life. Ned trades the car for a supposedly lame racehorse, and they hatch a plan to race the horse in a nearby town to win back the car. They smuggle the horse by rail, and Lucius rides it during the race. However, local lawman Butch interferes, causing chaos. Eventually, they manage to race the horse, and it wins surprisingly. Later, Ned reveals the true nature of his scheme, involving a gambling debt and a worthless horse. Boss Priest, Lucius' grandfather, intervenes and pays the penalty to retrieve the car. Back home, he protects Lucius from punishment, understanding the ordeal he went through was enough. Boon and Corrie get married and have a son named after Lucius. The novel explores themes of adventure, coming-of-age, and the complexities of human relationships in Faulkner's rich storytelling style.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789359398419
• Artikelnr.: 73553502

Autorenporträt

Born in 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, William Faulkner was the son of a family proud of their prominent role in the history of the south. He grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, and left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers with the RAF, but was still in training when the war ended. Returning home, he studied at the University of Mississippi and visited Europe briefly in 1925. His first poem was published in The New Republic in 1919. His first book of verse and early novels followed, but his major work began with the publication of The Sound and the Fury in 1929. As I Lay Dying (1930), Sanctuary (1931), Light in August (1932), Absalom, Absalom! (1936) and The Wild Palms (1939) are the key works of his great creative period leading up to Intruder in the Dust (1948). During the 1930s, he worked in Hollywood on film scripts, notably The Blue Lamp, co-written with Raymond Chandler. William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize for The Reivers just before his death in July 1962.