When I was dying. Sanctuary. Faulkner U.

“When I was dying”-the Odissey Roman about the ten days of the life of the Bandren farmers who gathered at the funeral of the mother of the Addy family. The uniqueness of the work lies in the fact that there is not a word of author’s speech in it. The whole plot is a chain of monologues of fourteen characters, among which the unforgettable monologue of Addy itself...

“sanctuary” is a novel that caused a real literary scandal. Some critics called him a “Greek tragedy with a detective plot”, while others accused his immorality and obscenity. An impudent and desperate guy from the bottoms-and a bored beauty-aristocrat, who became his victim. The representative of the "old school" of honest lawyers - and the nervous young intellectual, seeking the truth in wine. All these heroes are arranged by Folkner, like figures on a chessboard who have to play a party in a complex and cruel game called “Life”...