{"product_id":"essays-speeches-public-letters-9780812971378","title":"Essays, Speeches \u0026 Public Letters","description":"An essential collection of William Faulkner's mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material.\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unique volume includes Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway's \u003cb\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/b\u003e (in which he suggests that Hemingway has found God), and newly collected gems, such as the acerbic essay \"On Criticism\" and the beguiling \"Note on A Fable.\" It also contains eloquently opinionated public letters on everything from race relations and the nature of fiction to wild-squirrel hunting on his property. This is the most comprehensive collection of Faulkner's brilliant non-fiction work, and a rare look into the life of an American master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.16w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812971378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Mississippi in 1897. A legend of American letters, he is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying\u003c\/b\u003e, and many other works. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950, and died in 1962. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ\u003cb\u003eames B. Meriwether\u003c\/b\u003e is an expert on Faulkner who has been editing Faulkner's fiction and nonfiction work since the late 1950s. He lives with his wife, Anne, in South Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42992866689139,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":27.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d5edb34e-b11b-4453-88bc-92224bc733ba.jpg?v=1744719481","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/essays-speeches-public-letters-9780812971378","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}