A Fable Author:William Faulkner A Fable is set far from Faulkner's famous Yoknapatawpha County: the novel opens in France during the most bitter days of World War I. A young corporal, aided by twelve followers, has persuaded his unit not to join in an ordered attack. Thus is set in motion a tragically inexorable chain of events as organized society acts to crush this threat to... more » its status quo. A host of varied characters are drawn into a passionate drama of conscience, conflict and final confrontation between a fervent young idealist and a supremely pragmatic general who must face each other over an agonizing gulf of age, rank and philosophy of life.« less