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In this feverishly beautiful novel— subsequently titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem by Faulkner—William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing in its own right, each subtly illuminating the other. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and a woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion, fleeing her husband and the temptations of respectability. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his own chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories Faulkner composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation, survival and self-sacrifice, a novel in which elemental danger is juxtaposed wiht fatal injuries of the spirit. The Wild Palms is grandly inventive, heart-stopping in its prose, and suffused on every page with the physical presence of the country that Faulkner made his own.
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The Wild Palms, William Faulkner
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1964
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- Titolo
- The Wild Palms
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- William Faulkner
- Editore
- Vintage
- Pubblicato
- 1964
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 352
- ISBN10
- 039470262X
- ISBN13
- 9780394702629
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Tematica giuridica, Amore, Classici, Letteratura Americana, XX Secolo, Romanzi sociali, Suicidio, Premio Nobel, Tragedia, Giustizia, Diritto penale, Anni '30 del 20° secolo, Mississippi, Inondazioni
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1939
- Titolo originale
- The Wild Palms
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- In this feverishly beautiful novel— subsequently titled If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem by Faulkner—William Faulkner interweaves two narratives, each wholly absorbing in its own right, each subtly illuminating the other. In New Orleans in 1937, a man and a woman embark on a headlong flight into the wilderness of illicit passion, fleeing her husband and the temptations of respectability. In Mississippi ten years earlier, a convict sets forth across a flooded river, risking his own chance at freedom to rescue a pregnant woman. From these separate stories Faulkner composes a symphony of deliverance and damnation, survival and self-sacrifice, a novel in which elemental danger is juxtaposed wiht fatal injuries of the spirit. The Wild Palms is grandly inventive, heart-stopping in its prose, and suffused on every page with the physical presence of the country that Faulkner made his own.