Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses / Old Man / The Bear
Description
This collection brings together three distinctive short novels that showcase William Faulkner’s range, from comic social satire to gripping adventure and profound coming-of-age fiction. In “Spotted Horses,” a chaotic horse auction exposes the clash between masculine folly, practical judgment, and the complications of law. “Old Man” follows a convict swept into an extraordinary journey during a Mississippi flood, while “The Bear” traces a boy’s education in the wilderness and his awakening to courage, humility, pride, and the changing adult world. Together, these works explore human stubbornness, moral growth, survival, and the vanishing relationship between people and nature in Faulkner’s vivid, ironic style.
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paperback
Vintage
Published Jan 1, 1961
316 pages
ISBN: 9780394701493
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Details
First Published
1958
Language
eng
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