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