description: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” —William Faulkner, on receiving the Nobel Prize Go Down, Moses is composed of seven interrelated stories, all of them set in Faulkner’s mythic Yoknapatawpha County. From a variety of perspectives, Faulkner examines the complex, changing relationships between blacks and whites, between man and nature, weaving a cohesive novel rich in implication and insight.
language: English
title: Go Down, Moses
titlecomplete: Go Down, Moses
characters: Boon Hogganbeck, Isaac McCaslin, McCaslin Edmonds, Sophonisba Beauchamp, George Wilkins, Carothers "Roth" Edmonds, Samuel Beauchamp, Major de Spain's, Lucas Beauchamp, Sam Fathers, Theophilus McCaslin, Hubert Beauchamp, Amodeus McCaslin, Gavin Stevens, Tomey's Turl, General Compson
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, School, Novels, Southern, Short Stories, Fiction
ratings_count: 9915
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Recorded Books Inc