"That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 on the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized story, "A Rose for Emily". The story was originally published, in a slightly different form, as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The American Mercury in March of the same year. "That Evening Sun" is a dark portrait of white Southerners' indifference to the crippling fears of one of their black employees, Nancy. The story is narrated by Quentin Compson, one of Faulkner's most memorable characters, and concerns the reactions of him and his two siblings, Caddy and Jason, to an adult world that they do not fully understand. The black washerwoman, Nancy Mannigoe, fears that her common-law husband Jesus is seeking to murder her because she is pregnant with a white man's child.
About That Evening Sun
Drama about an elderly man who leaves his nursing home and returns to his Tennessee farm. He learns his son has leased the property to an old enemy.
Achievement of That Evening Sun
The film is based on a 2002 short story "I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down" by William Gay.
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Short stories by William Faulkner.
Latest information about That Evening Sun updated on July 28 2021.
