lunababymoonchild Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Intruder in the Dust is written in the stream-of-consciousness style that Faulkner has become known for. It's set in the deep southern states of America in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and explores the race relations between black and white at a time in history when said relations were worse than they are now. A common theme in Faulkner's writing. It was first published in 1948. An elderly black farmer rescues a 12-year-old white boy from the frozen river on the farmer's property and four years later the elderly farmer is accused of and locked up for shooting a white man in the back. The white folks in the town are baying for his blood but the sheriff locks him up pending a trial. The white boy is now 16 and decides to prove the black man's innocence with the help of a black boy of the same age and an elderly white spinster lady of a long-standing and well-known family. The story is told from the white 16-year-old's point of view. The prose is amazing and the story astonishing. Highly recommended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEV67 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Is it actually astonishing or can you guess what's going to happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, KEV67 said: Is it actually astonishing or can you guess what's going to happen? It's astonishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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