A Fable -- William Faulkner

<p>This novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1955. An allegorical story of World War I, set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment, it was originally considered a sharp departure for Faulkner. Recently it has come to be recognized as one of his major works and an essential part of the Faulkner <i>oeuvre</i>. His descriptions of the war rise to magnificence, according to <i>The New York Times</i>, and include, in Malcolm Cowley's words, some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> William Faulkner<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 11/29/2011<br><b>Pages:</b> 512<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.88lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.02h x 5.32w x 1.11d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307946775<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 8.2<br><b>Point Value:</b> 28<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>19783 / Fable<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. His family was rooted in local history: his great-grandfather, a Confederate colonel and state politician, was assassinated by a former partner in 1889, and his grandfather was a wealth lawyer who owned a railroad. When Faulkner was five his parents moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where he received a desultory education in local schools, dropping out of high school in 1915. Rejected for pilot training