Big Woods Paperback by William Faulkner

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (1994-04-26)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780679752523
• Item Weight: 230.32 grams
• Dimensions: 20.24 x 13.28 x 1.57 cm

"The Bear, " "The Old People, " "A Bear Hunt, " "Race at Morning"--some of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's most famous stories are collected in this volume--in which he observed, celebrated, and mourned the fragile otherness that is nature, as well as the cruelty and humanity of men. "Contains some of Faulkner's best work."

About the Author

William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. Faulkner had begun writing poems when he was a schoolboy and published a poetry collection in 1924 at his own expense. In 1950, Faulkner traveled to Sweden to accept the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. He died of a heart attack on July 6, 1962.