{"product_id":"the-unvanquished-9780679736523","title":"The Unvanquished","description":"The Sartoris family, who embody the antebellum ideal of Southern honor and its transformation through war, defeat, and Reconstruction, are the focal point of this outstanding novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He published his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1924, but it is as a literary chronicler of life in the Deep South--particularly in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, the setting for several of his novels--that he is most highly regarded. In such novels as\u003ci\u003e The Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight in August\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/i\u003e he explored the full range of post-Civil War Southern life, focusing both on the personal histories of his characters and on the moral uncertainties of an increasingly dissolute society. In combining the use of symbolism with a stream-of-consciousness technique, he created a new approach to fiction writing. In 1949 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. William Faulkner died in Byhalia, Mississippi, on July 6, 1962.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726445973778,"sku":"9780679736523","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78474c43-08f1-4851-9b56-aa2fd0c6fcfc.jpg?v=1734870099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-unvanquished-9780679736523","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}