Running the Rift is the most recent winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, as awarded by Barbara Kingsolver. It's also an...
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William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. Faulkner had begun writing poems when he was a schoolboy and published a poetry collection in 1924 at his own expense. In 1950, Faulkner traveled to Sweden to accept the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1962.
tiredmuse, August 31, 2006 (view all comments by tiredmuse)
This is an amazing novel. Faulkner couldn't have introduced his 'cosmic universe' any better, in my opinion.
The naming of some of the characters does get confusing every once in awhile, as it is not consistent, but if you want a complete view of the world of Faulkner, this is an amazing novel to purchase and read.
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