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The Sound and the Fury is a monumental work of literary modernism, detailing the tragic disintegration of the once-prominent Compson family in the postbellum American South.William Faulkner's 1929 novel is notable for its innovative, nonlinear structure, unfolding through four distinct and often fragmented perspectives that reflect the family’s decline. The narrative serves as a powerful commentary on the decline of the Southern aristocracy, with each narrator clinging to a different, flawed version of the past as their family crumbles around the central figure of the disowned sister, Caddy.
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About the author
William Faulkner (1897–1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author renowned for his experimental narrative style, which incorporated stream of consciousness, nonlinear timelines, and shifting perspectives. Born in Mississippi, he rooted much of his fiction in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, exploring the complexities of the American South, including its history, trauma, race, and identity. Influenced by modernists like James Joyce and deeply shaped by Southern heritage, Faulkner authored masterpieces such as
The Sound and the Fury,
As I Lay Dying, and
Absalom, Absalom!. He also worked as a Hollywood screenwriter and was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes. Despite global acclaim, he remained intensely private, spending most of his life in Oxford, Mississippi, where his home, Rowan Oak, is now a museum.
