Soldiers' Pay

Set after the conclusion of World War I, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner's first novel explores the war's emotional impact on weary veterans as they travel by train across the United States to their Georgia hometown. The condition of one soldier-scarred, blind, and nearly mute-inspires fellow travelers to see him home safely to a family that believes him dead-and a fiancée who has moved on.

With experimental narrative techniques mixed with literary modernism, this early Faulkner classic captures the atmosphere of America's Lost Generation and marked the beginning of the author's legacy as one of the most influential fiction writers in American history.

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Soldiers' Pay

Set after the conclusion of World War I, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner's first novel explores the war's emotional impact on weary veterans as they travel by train across the United States to their Georgia hometown. The condition of one soldier-scarred, blind, and nearly mute-inspires fellow travelers to see him home safely to a family that believes him dead-and a fiancée who has moved on.

With experimental narrative techniques mixed with literary modernism, this early Faulkner classic captures the atmosphere of America's Lost Generation and marked the beginning of the author's legacy as one of the most influential fiction writers in American history.

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Soldiers' Pay

Soldiers' Pay

by William Faulkner

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged — 10 hours, 34 minutes

Soldiers' Pay

Soldiers' Pay

by William Faulkner

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged — 10 hours, 34 minutes

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Overview

Set after the conclusion of World War I, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner's first novel explores the war's emotional impact on weary veterans as they travel by train across the United States to their Georgia hometown. The condition of one soldier-scarred, blind, and nearly mute-inspires fellow travelers to see him home safely to a family that believes him dead-and a fiancée who has moved on.

With experimental narrative techniques mixed with literary modernism, this early Faulkner classic captures the atmosphere of America's Lost Generation and marked the beginning of the author's legacy as one of the most influential fiction writers in American history.


Editorial Reviews

Louis Kronenberger

A rich compound of imagination, observation, and experience. In an isolated world of Faulkner's own making, shadows having the reality of men grope through a maze complex enough to be at once pitiful and comic, passionate, tormenting, and strange.
Literary Digest

1926 New York Times

A deft hand has woven this narrative of mixed and frustrated emotions and has set it down with hard intellegence as well as consummate pity. This book rings true.”

From the Publisher

"This book rings true." —The New York Times

"Comic, passionate, tormenting, and strange." —Literary Digest

"Moving and intense. The story alone is a gem, but for deeper things that lie back of the mere plot the book is likely to become a classic." —St. Louis Globe-Democrat

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile

During a train trip to Georgia, WWI veterans, deftly portrayed by narrator Adam Barr, experience continued grief and trauma. Soldier Mahon suffers the most hideous and heinous wounds. As a small circle of supporters surrounds him, escorting him home, Barr portrays the most notable characters, especially Joe and Mrs. Powers, with exceptional skill. Mahon holds onto the possibility of a life with his fiancée even though he has disfigurement that may taint her love. Barr inhabits the lives and souls of these mismatched characters with humanity and compassion. The novel employs some of the same narrative gymnastics explored in Faulkner's later work. This is a fine introduction to his literary prowess, and Barr makes it the best way to enjoy the journey. R.O. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile

During a train trip to Georgia, WWI veterans, deftly portrayed by narrator Adam Barr, experience continued grief and trauma. Soldier Mahon suffers the most hideous and heinous wounds. As a small circle of supporters surrounds him, escorting him home, Barr portrays the most notable characters, especially Joe and Mrs. Powers, with exceptional skill. Mahon holds onto the possibility of a life with his fiancée even though he has disfigurement that may taint her love. Barr inhabits the lives and souls of these mismatched characters with humanity and compassion. The novel employs some of the same narrative gymnastics explored in Faulkner's later work. This is a fine introduction to his literary prowess, and Barr makes it the best way to enjoy the journey. R.O. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940175856126
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 11/08/2022
Edition description: Unabridged
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