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A Fable tells the story of Corporal Stephen, an allegorical figure whose traitorous actions stop, briefly, fighting in a small part of the front in France during the First World War. Told from various perspectives, A Fable explores the humanity of war and the nature of power. Author William Faulkner considered A Fable to be his masterpiece, and laboured more than a decade on the manuscript. Recently it has come to be considered one of the major works in Faulkner’s canon and an essential part of the Faulkner oeuvre. Faulkner himself fought in the war, and his descriptions of it "rise to magnificence," according to The New York Times, and include, in Malcolm Cowley's words, "some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived."“A modern allegory... conceived as World War II approached its last year, the story envisions World War I — in the trenches in France — coming to an end as the soldier's mutiny. The inspiration of the mass movement is a figure symbolic of the Christ. The action parallels the span of Holy Week — with the triumphant entry, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the resurrection. Judas is there, and Peter, the apostles, Pilate and Herod, the Marys, and so on — recog

Who reads A Fable?

Author

William Faulkner

Publisher

Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394724133

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction

Rating

3.55 / 5 (3,293 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14