Product code: Rare The Town by William Faulkner (1957) 1st Printing shops Hardcover Novel
Published by Random House, New York. 1957. 371 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South. Like its predecessor, The Hamlet, and its successor, The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes's ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor shops and profundity.”.
Published by Random House, New York. 1957. 371 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in red cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South. Like its predecessor, The Hamlet, and its successor, The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes's ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor shops and profundity.”.