Pylon
Pylon by William Faulkner, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on November 29, 2011, is a 304-page work that explores themes of modernity and human connection. Set against the backdrop of an air show in a thinly disguised New Orleans called New Valois, the narrative follows an unnamed reporter as he attempts to understand the complex relationships among a group of flyers. This edition presents Faulkner’s unique perspective on characters who exist outside the norms of society, reflecting on their transient nature and the cultural context of their time.
Readers will find a rich exploration of the lives of these flyers, who embody a modern ménage à trois while navigating a world that seems indifferent to their existence. Faulkner delves into the tension between contemporary values and traditional human emotions, questioning whether old ideals can coexist with the rootlessness of modern life. Pylon offers insights into the complexities of identity and belonging, making it a significant addition to the literary canon. This edition is presented in English and features dimensions of 8 inches in height and 5.2 inches in length.
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One of the few of William Faulkner’s works to be set outside his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Pylon, first published in 1935, takes place at an air show in a thinly disguised New Orleans named New Valois. An unnamed reporter for a local newspaper tries to understand a very modern ménage a trois of flyers on the brainstorming circuit. These characters, Faulkner said, “were a fantastic and bizarre phenomenon on the face of the contemporary scene. . . . That is, there was really no place for them in the culture, in the economy, yet they were there, at that time, and everyone knew that they wouldn’t last very long, which they didn’t. . . . That they were outside the range of God, not only of respectability, of love, but of God too.” In Pylon Faulkner set out to test their rootless modernity to see if there is any place in it for the old values of the human heart that are the central concerns of his best fiction.
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