Go, Moses: The Faulkner Collection

Author: William Faulkner (USA), translated by Li Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Go Down, Moses is one of Faulkner's most celebrated works and an important part of the Yoknapatawpha Saga. The Southern plantation owner McCaslin had a daughter with a female slave, and later had a son, Tull, with this daughter. Tull later married the slave Cullin, and their descendants all took the surname Buckner. McCaslin's granddaughter married into the Edmonds family. The entire book tells the complex relationships among the descendants of these three surnames. The most prominent character is Isaac, McCaslin's grandson, who, under the guidance of a Black hunter, participated in bear hunts from a young age. As he grew older, he saw through the distorted relationship between whites and slaves and voluntarily gave up his inheritance to become a carpenter in town. The book consists of two novellas and five short stories, each relatively independent yet collectively forming a complete picture. Go Down, Moses is one of Faulkner's most celebrated works and an important part of the Yoknapatawpha Saga. The Southern plantation owner McCaslin had a daughter with a female slave, and later had a son, Tull, with this daughter. Tull later married the slave Cullin, and their descendants all took the surname Buckner. McCaslin's granddaughter married into the Edmonds family. The entire book tells the complex relationships among the descendants of these three surnames. The most prominent character is Isaac, McCaslin's grandson, who, under the guidance of a Black hunter, participated in bear hunts from a young age. As he grew older, he saw through the distorted relationship between whites and slaves and voluntarily gave up his inheritance to become a carpenter in town. The book consists of two novellas and five short stories, each relatively independent yet collectively forming a complete picture.