Description: Good condition. Masterful Story Telling by the Nobel Prize Winner WILLIAM FAULKNER The WILD PALMS and THE OLD MAN Two Complete Novels Originally Published In One Volume, Entitled The Wild Palms A SIGNET GIANT Complete and Unabridged ----------- 2 ----------- SIGNE GIANT BOOKS ...Good Reading for the Millions THE FACES OF LOVE WILLIAM FAULKNER, one of the world's greatest modern writers, reveals two aspects of the most powerful human emotion. The Wild Palms-a haunting story of lovers confronted by the relentless pressures of a morality which no one can defy without disaster. The Old Man-in the drenched and bewil- dered world created by the rampaging Missis- sippi, a fleeing convict and a solitary woman are thrown together in a desperate fight for survival. WILLIAM FAULKNER, the Nobel Prize winner, began to write in 1924. Among his best-known books are his current novel, A Fable, and his previous nov- els, Soldiers' Pay (Signet # 887), Sar- toris (Signet #51032), Pylon (Signet #863), The Unvanquished (Signet #977), Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun (Signet $1079), and many others. Almost five million copies of his books have sold in their Signet editions alone. The hardcover edition of The Wild Palms and The Old Man was published by Random House in one volume un- der the le, The Wild Palms. Published by the New American Library ----------- 3 ----------- Other SIGNET Books by WILLIAM FAULKNER Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature SANCTUARY AND REQUIEM FOR A NUN Two full-length masterpieces which tell the violent, exciting story of Temple Drake, her shattering expe rience as a young girl in the clutch of a macabre mur- derer and the ghastly penance of her adult life. (#S1079-35c) SOLDIER'S PAY Passion and death mingle in this moving novel about a returned veteran. (#887-25c) PYLON An exciting novel about a woman, her son, and her two husbands, and their race with death. (#863-25c) KNIGHT'S GAMBIT Six powerful stories of human frailty. (#825-25c) INTRUDER IN THE DUST A young boy and an old woman fight the smoldering evil in a small town. (#743-25c) THE UNVANQUISHED A magnificent novel of the Civil War and the cours- geous men and women who fought to save the South from defeat. (#977-25c) SARTORIS Aristocratic, reckless young Bayard Sartoris rushes to- ward a tragic destiny from which not even his lovely wife can save him. (A Signet Giant #S1032-35c) TO OUR READERS We welcome your comments about SIGNET, SIGNET KEY or MENTOR books, as well as your suggestions for new reprints. If your dealer does not have the books you want, you may order them by mail, enclosing the list price plus 5c a copy to cover mailing costs. Send for a copy of our complete catalog. The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 501 Madison Ave, New York 22, N. Y. ----------- 4 ----------- COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC. All rights reserved Published as a SIGNET BOOK By Arrangement with Random House, Inc. FIRST JOINT PRINTING, SEPTEMBER, 1954 The Wild Palms and The Old Man are two complete novels originally published by Ran- dom House in one volume, entitled The Wild Palms, and have had previous printings as individual Signet titles. SIGNET BOOKS are published by The New American Library of World Literature, Inc. 501 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Publication Year: 1954
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Language: English
Book Title: The Wild Palms and The Old Man
Author: William Faulkner
Publisher: Manning
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