The Sound and the Fury
Author: William Faulkner
A towering, intense novel of family from the winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureEver since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, The Sound and the Fury explores intense, passi….Read More
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