{"product_id":"essays-speeches-public-letters-9780812971378","title":"Essays, Speeches \u0026 Public Letters","description":"An essential collection of William Faulkner's mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material.\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unique volume includes Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway's \u003cb\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/b\u003e (in which he suggests that Hemingway has found God), and newly collected gems, such as the acerbic essay \"On Criticism\" and the beguiling \"Note on A Fable.\" It also contains eloquently opinionated public letters on everything from race relations and the nature of fiction to wild-squirrel hunting on his property. This is the most comprehensive collection of Faulkner's brilliant non-fiction work, and a rare look into the life of an American master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Mississippi in 1897. A legend of American letters, he is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying\u003c\/b\u003e, and many other works. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950, and died in 1962. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ\u003cb\u003eames B. Meriwether\u003c\/b\u003e is an expert on Faulkner who has been editing Faulkner's fiction and nonfiction work since the late 1950s. He lives with his wife, Anne, in South Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50893834486034,"sku":"9780812971378","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f67800e6-2377-4755-9414-103a4e7eba8f.jpg?v=1738239644","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/essays-speeches-public-letters-9780812971378","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}