One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner - Rilegato

Parini, Jay

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ISBN 10: 0066210720 ISBN 13: 9780066210728

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2004

Riassunto

Drawing on three decades of new material, a major portrait of the twentieth-century author of The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom Absalom sets his fictional world in the context of his life, profiling Faulkner as a gifted and obsessive artist who struggled to rise above such challenges as a difficult marriage and alcoholism. By the author of The Apprentice Lover. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Does everything a good literary biography should do...ONE MATCHLESS TIME is...a Faulkner biography for our time.” (Joseph Blotner, Sewanee Review)

“A splendid life of William Faulkner . . . Not only readable but downright enthralling.” (Seattle Times)

“[Parini] has a fellow writer’s appreciation for Faulkner’s language, and expresses that appreciation vividly...His book pays eloquent tribute.” (J. M. Coetzee, New York Review of Books)

“Irresistible...A new understanding of how [Faulkner] connected his violent, inchoate past with literature’s perdurable future...Reads like a novel.” (Christian Science Monitor)

“A worthy contribution to Faulkner scholarship . . . [Parini’s] deft handling of biographical fact forms a riveting narrative.” (Victor Strandberg, Chicago Tribune)

“Parini’s candid, personal, and extremely readable book is the place to send readers looking for an overview of [Faulkner’s] career.” (William H. Pritchard, Commonweal)

“Nothing less than spellbinding . . . It captures the essence of Faulkner’s life with the narrative drive of a novel.” (Houston Chronicle)

“The heroic Parini hurries us directly back to THE SOUND AND THE FURY, LIGHT IN AUGUST, and ABSALOM, ABSALOM!” (John Leonard, Harper's Magazine)

“A matchless look at the writer... With his characteristic elegance, Parini captures splendidly Faulkner’s... inestimable literary achievement.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

“Fine biography... Parini maintains a good balance of the man and his art. [His] analyses ring true.” (Tennessean)

L'autore:

Jay Parini is Axinn Professor of English at Middlebury College.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0066210720
• ISBN 13: 9780066210728
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 492