num_pages: 636
description: This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational novel, 'Sanctuary', was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in 'Sanctuary'. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. The book begins when the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. In an attempt to save her, Temple goes to see the judge to confess her own quilt. Told partly in prose, partly in play form, 'Requiem For A Nun' is a haunting exploration of the impact of the past on the present.
language: English
title: William Faulkner Manuscripts 19, Volume IV: Requiem for a Nun: Playscript Materials
titlecomplete: William Faulkner Manuscripts 19, Volume IV: Requiem for a Nun: Playscript Materials
characters: Temple Drake, Gavin Stevens, Gowan Stevens
genres: Novels, Literary Fiction, Classics, Drama, Plays, Southern, Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, American
ratings_count: 1162
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Garland Publishing, Inc.