Events / New York

In Short: William Faulkner's "Mistral" with Carl Rollyson

The Center For Fiction
Sunday, August 16, 2026
In his story, two Americans encounter mysterious events while Mussolini and the fascists are in power. The story is remarkable for the parallels that can be drawn between Faulkner’s native Mississippi in the 1920s and fascist Italy, and it has much to say about the grip of fascism on two seemingly different cultures.
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