I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. --William Faulkner on receiving the Nobel Prize Go Down Moses is composed of seven interrelated stories all of them set in Faulkner s mythic Yoknapatawpha County. From a variety of perspectives Faulkner examines the complex changing relationships between blacks and whites between man and nature weaving a cohesive novel rich in implication and insight.