内容简介
Faulkner'sfinalnovelisataleofthreeMississippitravellers.Ned,BoonandyoungLuciustraveltoMemphisinastolencartofindloveandfortune.Oncethere,Nedtradesinthecarforaracehorse,Luciuscomesofage,andBoonsetsabouttrying
作者简介
WilliamCuthbertFaulknerwasaNobelPrize-winningAmericannovelistandshortstorywriter.Oneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthetwentiethcentury,hisreputationisbasedmostlyonhisnovels,novellas,andshortstories.Hewasalsoapublishedpoetandanoccasionalscreenwriter.ThemajorityofhisworksarebasedinhisnativestateofMississippi.Thoughhisworkwaspublishedasearlyas1919,andlargelyduringthe1920sand1930s,Faulknerwasrelativelyunknownuntilreceivingthe1949NobelPrizeinLiterature,"forhispowerfulandartisticallyuniquecontributiontothemodernAmericannovel."FaulknerhasoftenbeencitedasoneofthemostimportantwritersinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Faulknerwasinfluencedbytheeuropeanmodernism,andemployedthestreamofconsciousnessinseveralofhisnovels.