Requiem for a Nun

''The past is never dead. It''s not even past.''

Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress''s baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Switching between narrative prose and play script, this is Faulkner''s haunting se...