num_pages: 256
description: 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Switching between narrative prose and play script, this is Faulkner's haunting sequel to his earlier bestseller, Sanctuary.
language: English
title: Requiem For A Nun
titlecomplete: Requiem For A Nun
characters: Gowan Stevens, Temple Drake, Gavin Stevens
genres: Fiction, Plays, American, Drama, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1162
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage Classics