Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen (The Life and Death of a Bomber; The Damned Don't Cry)

In the 1940s Warner Brothers commissioned William Faulkner to write three story outlines that would eventually be expanded into screenplays by others. Now published for the first time, the three narratives show not only the adaptable creativity of the Nobel laureate, but also his ability to translate his Yoknapatawpha material to the Hollywood milieu. Readers of Faulkner's fiction will recognize the genealogy and interracial friendships of the Southern families in "Country Lawyer," and the central female character in "The Damned Don't Cry" foreshadows Temple Drake, the celebrated protagonist of Requiem for a Nun. The third story, "The Life and Death of a Bomber," reflects Faulkner's commitment to participatory patriotism during World War II. These stories' greatest significance is the insight they provide into Faulkner's fictive design and complex plots. Overview: WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962) was an American writer who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (twice) and the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel." He is primarily known and acclaimed for his novels and short stories, many of which are set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, a setting Faulkner created based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life, and Holly Springs/Marshall County. Three screenplays deal with a conflict between generations, petty problems that delay the production of a warplane, and love between a poor girl and a rich boy Содерж. : Country lawyer; The life and death of a bomber; The damned don't cry