Collected Stories Of William FaulknerIm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he cant and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing that, only then does he take up novel writing. William Faulkner Winner of the National Book Award Forty two stories make up this magisterial collection by the writer who stands at the pinnacle of modern American fiction. Compressing an epic expanse of vision into hard and wounding