Go Down, Moses and Other Stories
- New York: Random House, 1942
New York: Random House, 1942. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book, fresh and unread. Primary binding in black cloth, stamped in red and gilt and with a deep red topstain. Original bookstore ticket on the rear pastedown. In a price-clipped dust jacket that is otherwise in Near Fine condition with just minimal wear at the spine ends and a touch of rubbing at the corners. First issue jacket with 8 titles on the rear panel, starting with "Storm." A very handsome copy overall.
Go Down, Moses comprises seven stories interconnected through their setting in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County, with some characters appearing in multiple stories. Faulkner considered the book, like The Unvanquished (1928), to be a novel told in thematically linked episodes rather than a collection of individual works of short fiction. Over the course of the stories, Faulkner develops the history of the fictional McCaslin family – a mixed-race family split into two branches, one white and one Black – as they experience Mississippi history over the course of several generations. The stories explore legacy, race, the complex emotional dynamics between men as sons and fathers, and the growth of Faulkner's imagined Mississippi community over more than a century. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Go Down, Moses comprises seven stories interconnected through their setting in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County, with some characters appearing in multiple stories. Faulkner considered the book, like The Unvanquished (1928), to be a novel told in thematically linked episodes rather than a collection of individual works of short fiction. Over the course of the stories, Faulkner develops the history of the fictional McCaslin family – a mixed-race family split into two branches, one white and one Black – as they experience Mississippi history over the course of several generations. The stories explore legacy, race, the complex emotional dynamics between men as sons and fathers, and the growth of Faulkner's imagined Mississippi community over more than a century. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.