Sanctuary (Romance)

Sanctuaire is one of the most discussed novels William Faulkner, which approaches the topic of the Viol.

" I thought so that I could imagine of more horrible and I put it on paper. " Faulkner in connection with Sanctuaire wrote.

The novel was published for the first time in 1931 but was written in 1929, with an aim acknowledged to earn money. Faulkner wanted to write a history of which he thought that it would be sold well (that was disputed by the exégètes and the friends of Faulkner). The publication of the book trails, and with the second reading Faulkner is if not very satisfied with the result which it decides with récrire its novel, acceptor to even take partially charges with them the financial expenses pulled by so important modifications.

The book is a certain business success in the United States and makes known Faulkner with the general public: in 1930, at the apogee of the Prohibition, it puts in scene characters alcoholic or evolving/moving in brothels.

It is the only novel of Faulkner to remain permanently available of 1932 to 1960.

When his/her father dies suddenly in August 1933, Faulkner quickly realizes that it has need for money. It sells the rights of Sanctuary which off becomes a film entitled The Story Temple Drake (in France: forfeiture of miss Drake ) realized in 1933 by Stephen Roberts (with Jack the Street). Any reference to corn ears is expurgée to remain in conformity with the Code Hays of self-censorship then in force and Popeye is famous Trigger for cinematographic reasons of rights.

The novel is one of those which are located in the imaginary County of Yoknapatawpha (the Mississippi) in May and June 1929.

Synopsis

The novel is centered on the female character Temple Drake, jene girl of good family which escapes one evening from her college with a drunk young man; their car runs aground near an old dilapidated house transformed into coffee held by a couple of blacks. Several characters at the edge of intoxication enter then in scene. Temple will be violated by enigmatic Popeye and a murder will be made.

On the forfeiture of the young Temple which fails in a brothel of Memphis, the police investigation is superimposed. But as André Malraux in the foreword shows it very well, the detective novel is finally secondary since the reader knows already the assassin. What counts, it is finally the description of the forfeiture of the characters and the progressive irruption of the evil: the protagonists seem to be the toy of the fate (from where sentence of Malraux celebrates it: " It is the irruption of the Greek tragedy in the novel policier").

Faulkner puts in scene lawyer, appears of the good wanting to make triumph the truth, incarnation of the fight against fate. But the pessimism of work is such as anybody will not come out from it unscathed.

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