num_pages: 268
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: Lucas Beauchamp, Boon Hogganbeck, General Compson, Sam Fathers, Gavin Stevens, Theophilus McCaslin, Hubert Beauchamp, Sophonisba Beauchamp, George Wilkins, Major de Spain's, Samuel Beauchamp, Tomey's Turl, McCaslin Edmonds, Carothers "Roth" Edmonds, Isaac McCaslin, Amodeus McCaslin
genres: Classics, Southern, Fiction, Short Stories, Southern Gothic, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 9913
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Chatto & Windus