The Portable Faulkner
Malcolm Cowley
<span>No single volume better conveys the scope of Faulkner’s vision than&nbsp;</span><span>The Portable Faulkner</span><span>. The book includes self-contained episodes from the novels&nbsp;</span><span>The Sound and the Fury</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span>Light in August</span><span>, and&nbsp;</span><span>Sanctuary</span><span>; the stories&nbsp;“The Bear,” “Spotted Horses,” “A Rose for Emily,” and “Old Man,” among others; a map of Yoknapatawpha County and a chronology of the Compson family created by Faulkner especially for this edition; and the complete text of Faulkner’s 1950 address upon receiving the Nobel Prize in literature.&nbsp;</span><p><span>Malcolm Cowley’s critical introduction was praised as “splendid” by Faulkner himself.</span></p>