Red Leaves

Red Leaves

"Red Leaves" is a short story by American author William Faulkner. First published in the "Saturday Evening Post" on October 25, 1930, [cite book |last=McFarland |first=Dorothy Tuck |authorlink= |title=Crowell's Handbook of Faulkner |publisher=Crowell |year=1964 |pages=174 |isbn=] it was one of Faulkner's first stories to appear in a national magazine. [cite book |last=Volpe |first=Edmond Loris |authorlink= |title=A Reader's Guide to William Faulkner: The Short Stories |publisher=Syracuse University Press |year=2004 |pages=138 |isbn=0815630476] The title of the story symbolizes the American Indian, [cite book |last=Gwynn |first=Frederick L. |authorlink= |title=Faulkner in the University |publisher=University of Virginia Press |year=1995 |pages=39 |isbn=0813916127] specifically the Chickasaw. [cite book |last=Bassett |first=John Earl |authorlink= |title=William Faulkner |publisher=Routledge |year=1997 |pages=274 |isbn=0415159334]

When writing the story, Faulkner was heavily influenced by "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. [cite book |last=Meyers |first=Jeffrey |authorlink= |title=Hemingway: A Biography |publisher=De Capo Press |year=1999 |pages=431 |isbn=0306808900]

James Franco has also wrote and directed a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1073138/ 2008 Short Film] based on the Faulkner story.

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