William Faulkner – Knjiga.hr

Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, The Bear

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:17:40 +0000

This volume gathers three of William Faulkner’s most celebrated novellas, all set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County in Mississippi. In “Spotted Horses,” a wry, energetic tale, the arrival of untamed ponies exposes the pride, greed, and comic stubbornness of small-town life. “Old Man” follows a convict swept up in the great Mississippi flood, transforming an ordeal of survival into a meditation on endurance and unexpected responsibility. “The Bear,” often considered one of Faulkner’s finest achievements, traces a young boy’s coming of age during annual hunting trips, confronting the vanishing wilderness and the burden of Southern history. Faulkner, a Nobel Prize–winning author, is renowned for his layered prose and profound exploration of memory, race, and moral struggle in the American South. These novellas showcase his range—from humor to high drama—and offer an accessible entry into his richly imagined world for both longtime admirers and new readers.

The Penguin Collected Stories of William Faulkner

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:15:21 +0000

This landmark collection gathers many of the short stories set in William Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County, the imagined Mississippi landscape that anchors much of his work. Across these pieces, Faulkner explores the complexities of the American South—its history, racial tensions, decaying aristocracy, poverty, violence, and stubborn codes of honor—with psychological depth and stylistic innovation. Moving between generations and social classes, the stories reveal how memory and the past shape individual lives and entire communities. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, this volume offers a powerful introduction to one of the twentieth century’s most influential American writers and will reward readers drawn to richly layered storytelling and modernist prose.

Buka i bes

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:50:51 +0000

The Reivers

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:11:55 +0000

The Reivers by William Faulkner, published in 1962, is a picaresque comic novel set in early 20th-century Mississippi. It follows eleven-year-old Lucius Priest, who joins his family’s employee Boon Hogganbeck and the shrewd Ned McCaslin on an impulsive borrowing of the grandfather’s new Winton Flyer automobile for a trip to Memphis. Their adventure spirals into a whirlwind of mishaps, including a bordello stay, a horse race scam, moral quandaries, and encounters with vice, ultimately serving as Lucius’s coming-of-age tale amid themes of innocence lost, racial dynamics, and the clash between tradition and modernity.

Sartoris

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:11:31 +0000

Sartoris by William Faulkner, published in 1929, is a Southern Gothic novel set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, depicting the decline of the aristocratic Sartoris family in the post-World War I era. The story centers on young Bayard Sartoris, a haunted war veteran grieving his twin brother’s death, whose reckless behavior—marked by dangerous driving and self-destructive impulses—mirrors the family’s entrapment in the shadow of their Civil War hero patriarch, Colonel John Sartoris. Through vivid evocations of the decaying Southern landscape and interwoven narratives of past and present, the novel explores themes of legacy, loss, honor, and the inescapable pull of tradition on a fading aristocracy.

The Reivers

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:50:02 +0000

The Reivers by William Faulkner, published in 1962, is a picaresque comic novel set in early 20th-century Mississippi. It follows 11-year-old narrator Lucius Priest, who joins his grandfather’s bumbling employee Boon Hogganbeck and family retainer Ned McCaslin on an impulsive borrowing of the grandfather’s new Winton Flyer automobile for a trip to the vice-filled city of Memphis. What begins as a lighthearted escapade spirals into a chaotic odyssey of horse-trading scams, brothel intrigues, rigged races, and moral reckonings, as the trio grapples with deception, racial tensions, and the loss of innocence amid the South’s shifting traditions. Through vivid storytelling and Faulkner’s signature stylistic flair, the tale celebrates human folly, forgiveness, and the bumpy transition from boyhood to adulthood.

Light in August

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:47:46 +0000

Light in August, published in 1932 by William Faulkner, is a Southern Gothic novel set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, during the early 1930s amid Prohibition and Jim Crow-era racial tensions. The story intertwines the lives of key characters like Lena Grove, a serene pregnant woman searching for the father of her child, and Joe Christmas, a troubled orphan of ambiguous racial heritage who grapples with identity, alienation, and violence after a fraught relationship with Joanna Burden ends in murder. Through non-linear flashbacks and rich psychological depth, Faulkner explores profound themes of race, religion, fate, and Southern society’s burdens, contrasting Lena’s life-affirming resilience with Joe’s tragic self-destruction.

Uljez u prašinu

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:25:56 +0000

Svjetlost u kolovozu

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:50:08 +0000

William Faulkner objavio je roman Svjetlost u kolovozu 1932. godine, a djelo je poznato po svom slojevitom i teškom stilu pisanja, tipičnom za Faulknerovo stvaralaštvo. Roman je dio Faulknerove literature koja kronično opisuje život na američkom Jugu, prikazujući kompleksne međuljudske odnose i duboke društvene tenzije. Faulkner je u ovom romanu nastavio razvijati svoj prepoznatljiv pripovjedački stil – oštar, mučan i pronicljiv, koji ga je učinio jednim od velikana svjetske književnosti.

Palača

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:49:03 +0000

Preveo Branko Brusar.