The Saddest Words

Michael Gorra

earliest edition we have, 2020 Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021

"How do we read William Faulkner in the twenty-first century? asks Michael Gorra, one of America's most preeminent literary critics. Should we still read William Faulkner in this new century? What can his works tell us about the legacy of slavery and the Civil War, that central quarrel in our nation's history? These are the provocative questions that Michael Gorra asks in this historic portrait of the novelist and hi...

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Saddest Words edition · 2021 · Liveright Publishing Corporation · 9781324091011
The Saddest Words audiobook · 2020 · HighBridge Audio · 9781696600361
The Saddest Words hardcover · 2020 · Liveright · 448 pages · 9781631491702
Saddest Words edition · 2020 · Liveright Publishing Corporation · 9781631491719

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