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Sartoris

William Faulkner

1951176 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1951
first published
  • 1951Harcourt, Brace · 380 pages · ENG
  • 1954Chatto & Windus · 379 pages · ENG
  • 1964Signet Classics · ENGISBN 9780451514127
  • 1966Random House · 379 pages · ENGISBN 9780394443751
  • 2010AlfaguaraISBN 9788420422848
  • 1968Signet ClassicsISBN 9780451503954
  • 2004Editorial Seix BarralISBN 9788432231063
  • Signet · 176 pagesISBN 9780451010322

Returning home to Jefferson, Mississippi, at the end of the First World War, young Bayard Sartoris grieves the loss of his twin brother, John. Despite the stabilizing influence of his marriage to the lovely Narcissa Benbow, young Bayard's recklessness grows as the days pass, and hastens the destruction of the Sartoris family, who are still living under the shadow of Bayard's deceased, heroic great-grandfather. A story of a decaying family confronting the debilitating effects of war, Sartoris is a commentary on social class and family conditions in the post-war world of the American South.

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