In 1989, the Caribbean writer Edouard Glissant visited Rowan Oak, William Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Mississippi. His visit spurred him to write a revelatory book about the work of one of our greatest but still least-understood American writers.
A fascinating way to read Faulkner… .[Glissant’s] case is nothing less than that, no matter how Faulkner’s personal Furies twisted his public speech, Faulkner was a great, world-beating multiculturalist. –Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times Book Review
A sharp, challenging, and wholly unique tour of Yoknapatawpha County. – Kirkus Reviews
Passionate… . Glissant’s prose sometimes vies with Faulkner’s for intricacy and evocative nuance. –Scott McLemee, Newsday
Glissant tries to engage Faulkner on many fronts simultaneously, positioning himself as a critic, a fellow artist and as a descendant of slaves… He makes a convincing case that Faulkner is not just another ‘dead white male author.’ –Scott Yarbrough, Raleigh News & Observer
[An] ambitious and, at times, rambunctious expedition into Yoknapatawpha County. –Christine Schwartz Hartley, New York Times Book Review