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Author: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
Title: Requiem for a nun / William Faulkner
Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus, 1960
Description: 239 p. ; 20 cm
Series: Penguin modern classics
ISBN: 0140014357 (pbk)
condition: Used; Good. Pages clean, book slightly warped
«Nancy, a negro nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby: her lawyer, Gavin Stevens, compels the mistress to confess the reason for Nancy's crime. The law takes its course; but justice, in Faulkner's sense, has been done.»
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«There is a tension and passion enough in the drama. The impetus never fails.»
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«A wonderful example of Faulkner's power of dramatic suspense... Faulkner is a great poet and tragedian.»
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