An Apple Books Classic edition.
William Faulkner’s landmark modernist novel traces the dissolution of a once-proud Southern family through fractured memories and voices that refuse to be contained.
The Compson family is haunted by Caddy, the daughter and sister whose absence shapes everything about them. Through the eyes of her brothers—Benjy, whose mind moves through time without barriers; Quentin, consumed by respectability and despair; and Jason, bitter and grasping—Faulkner reveals how one family’s love curdled into obsession and resentment.
Time collapses as past and present bleed together, and only Dilsey, the family’s enduring servant, stands apart from the chaos. This challenging, immersive, and emotionally shattering novel demands effort, but the reward is one of American literature’s most powerful portraits of a family devouring itself from within.
