{"product_id":"the-sound-and-the-fury-1","title":"The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collectible hardcover edition of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner's masterpiece, with a new introduction by Ayana Mathis, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Penguin Vitae Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury \u003c\/i\u003etraces the decline of the American South through three generations of the once-powerful Compson family. In Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi--perhaps the most famous fictional setting in American literature--antiquated ideas of race, class, and sex prevail among the erstwhile landed gentry of the Reconstruction-era South, embodied in the Compson siblings: Benjy, whose mental disability blurs the past and the present; Quentin, who is consumed by his obsession with his family's honor; Jason, who unleashes his blind rage on the rest of the household, especially their longtime Black servant, Dilsey; and their elusive sister, Caddy, whose tragic estrangement sets in motion the family's fall from grace. A kaleidoscopic narrative punctuated by haunting interior monologues, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life Faulkner's aristocratic South as a land of decadence and despair, gallantry and greed in the face of financial and moral ruin. What Faulkner once considered his \"most splendid failure\" was also his favorite of his novels; it now ranks among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, and as one of the cornerstones of American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin Vitae--loosely translated as \"Penguin of one's life\"--is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Astounding . . . Fiercely singular . . . With every new reading, it rewards my devotion by revealing some previously unseen nuance. . . . It is evergreen, as relevant today as when it was published nearly one hundred years ago. . . . It is beautiful. . . . Faulkner's beauty is formidable, pugilistic even, it irrupts into our senses and sensibilities. . . . To read Faulkner is to grapple with the endlessly reverberating history described in his pages. . . . [His is] a voice that cuts through the detritus of false narrative, false history, false senses of self. A voice that tells us about who we are and who we have been, and warns us about where we are headed.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyana Mathis, from the Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1897-1962) won the Nobel Prize in Literature for what are recognized as some of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, among them\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1929),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1930),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight in August\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1932), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1936). For many of his literary chronicles of life in the American South, he drew on his native Mississippi, which informed one of his greatest creations, the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, where a number of his novels are set. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he won the National Book Award twice, for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1951) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1954), and the Pulitzer Prize twice, for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reivers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1962).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyana Mathis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (introduction) is the author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling Oprah's Book Club pick \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the award-winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unsettled\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as a series of essays for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon literature and faith. 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