Requiem for a Nun

The dramatic segments of _Requiem for a Nun_--which provide a curious continuation of the story of Temple Drake from 1931's _Sanctuary_--are not without interest, but hardly Faulkner at his best. It is the prose sections that truly soar with Faulkner, now armed with his Nobel Prize, providing a feverish, sublime Greatest Hits of the history of Yoknapatawpha County, retelling his own myths in...more

The dramatic segments of _Requiem for a Nun_--which provide a curious continuation of the story of Temple Drake from 1931's _Sanctuary_--are not without interest, but hardly Faulkner at his best. It is the prose sections that truly soar with Faulkner, now armed with his Nobel Prize, providing a feverish, sublime Greatest Hits of the history of Yoknapatawpha County, retelling his own myths in a dazzling new way.   hide