Picador Classics S.

3 total works

Intruder in the Dust

by William Faulkner

Published 12 September 1948

A classic Faulkner novel which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. An aging black who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man.

Soldiers' Pay

by William Faulkner

Published 1 December 1954

The story of a wounded veterans homecoming, it is partly autobiographical, filled with hope, dark laughter, and despair.

Light in August

by William Faulkner

Published 16 November 1965

“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out the window.” —William Faulkner
 
Light in August, a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.