{"product_id":"faulkner-mississippi-edouard-glissant-9780226299945","title":"Faulkner, Mississippi","description":"In 1989, the Caribbean writer Edouard Glissant visited Rowan Oak, William Faulkner's home in Oxford, Mississippi. His visit spurred him to write a revelatory book about the work of one of our greatest but still least-understood American writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fascinating way to read Faulkner. . . .[Glissant's] case is nothing less than that, no matter how Faulkner's personal Furies twisted his public speech, Faulkner was a great, world-beating multiculturalist.\"--Jonathan Levi, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sharp, challenging, and wholly unique tour of Yoknapatawpha County.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Passionate. . . . Glissant's prose sometimes vies with Faulkner's for intricacy and evocative nuance.\" --Scott McLemee, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Glissant tries to engage Faulkner on many fronts simultaneously, positioning himself as a critic, a fellow artist and as a descendant of slaves. . . He makes a convincing case that Faulkner is not just another 'dead white male author.'\"--Scott Yarbrough, \u003ci\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] ambitious and, at times, rambunctious expedition into Yoknapatawpha County.\" --Christine Schwartz Hartley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edouard Glissant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226299945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226299945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.61w x 0.66d","brand":"Edouard Glissant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994821067007,"sku":"9780226299945","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b33ddb35-023e-460a-b8ac-599404e4bd8a.jpg?v=1683332373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faulkner-mississippi-edouard-glissant-9780226299945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}