THE REIVERS: A Reminiscence
First UK edition of Faulkner's second Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and his last work in the form.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $75.00
THE REIVERS: A Reminiscence
"I mean, if after all the lying and deceiving and disobeying and conniving I had done, all he could do about it was to whip me, then Father was not good enough for me."
Set in the author's Yoknapatawpha County and incorporating characters from previous novels, the events and emotions of THE REIVERS are acutely observed and precisely rendered although the novel exhibits markedly less of Faulkner's characteristic stylistic complexity and experimental structure than his earlier works. This allowed for a relatively straightforward film adaptation starring Steve McQueen in 1969, notable for co-star Rupert Crosse's nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award – the first such nomination for an African American actor – and its score, by an already accomplished John Williams. A beautiful copy of a significant work by one of the greatest US writers of the 20th century.
Read more: Carl Petersen, William Faulkner: The Carl Petersen Collection, A54.23.
The Object
First printing. London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. 7.75'' x 5''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original price-clipped sepia dust jacket designed by John Woodcock. 284 pages. Faint offsetting to fly leaves and a bit to jacket front flap. Minor creasing to front jacket panel, light toning to jacket spine.
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