<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>
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The years 1942 to 1954 saw William Faulkner’s rise to literary celebrity—sought after by Hollywood, lionized by the critics, awarded a Nobel Prize in 1950 and the Pulitzer and National Book Award for 1954. But, despite his success, he was...
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