Requiem for a Nun
Author: Faulkner, William
ISBN: 9780099585916
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 196mm x 132mm x 16mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A tense and troubling tale of how a dark past can return to tear apart a hard-won present peace.
'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Switching between narrative prose and play script, this is Faulkner's haunting sequel to his earlier bestseller, Sanctuary.
ISBN: 9780099585916
Publisher: VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 196mm x 132mm x 16mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A tense and troubling tale of how a dark past can return to tear apart a hard-won present peace.
'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Switching between narrative prose and play script, this is Faulkner's haunting sequel to his earlier bestseller, Sanctuary.
