num_pages: 383
description: “I believe that man will not merely 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.” â€”William Faulkner, on receiving the Nobel PrizeÂ 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: Theophilus McCaslin, Gavin Stevens, Amodeus McCaslin, Sam Fathers, George Wilkins, Sophonisba Beauchamp, Isaac McCaslin, Tomey's Turl, General Compson, McCaslin Edmonds, Major de Spain's, Lucas Beauchamp, Hubert Beauchamp, Carothers "Roth" Edmonds, Boon Hogganbeck, Samuel Beauchamp
genres: Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, American, Short Stories, Novels, Southern, Fiction, Classics, School
ratings_count: 9915
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Random House Inc.