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. This is set in motion a tragically inexorable chain of events as organized society acts to crush this threat t... more »o its status quo.« less