FAULKNER, William.
Requiem for a Nun.
New York: Random House , 1951.
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“The past is never dead. It's not even past": Signed Limited First Edition of William Faulkner's Requiem for a Nun
Signed limited first edition, one of 750 copies, numbered, this is number 353. Octavo, original publisher's half black cloth over marbled boards, stamped in gilt to spine in the black cloth slipcase. In fine condition.
The sequel to Faulkner's early novel Sanctuary, Requiem for a Nun follows the previously introduced characters of Temple Drake, her friend (later husband) Gowan Stevens, and Gowan's uncle Gavin Stevens. The events in Requiem are set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1937 and March 1938, eight years after the events of Sanctuary. In Requiem, Temple, now married with a child, must learn to deal with her violent, turbulent past as related in Sanctuary.
Requiem for a Nun.
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