《去吧，摩西》是福克纳最负盛名的作品之一，也是“约克纳帕塔法世系”的重要构成部分，美国南方庄园主麦卡斯林与女奴生有一女，后又与这个女儿生下一子泰瑞乐，泰瑞乐后来娶了另一位庄园主布钱普的女奴谭尼，其子嗣都以布钱普为姓氏。麦卡斯林的外孙女则嫁给了爱德蒙家兹。全书写的就是这三个姓氏的子孙间的复杂关系，最浓墨重彩的人物是麦卡斯林的孙艾萨克，他在黑人猎手的带邻下自小参加猎熊活动，长大后看透了白人与黑奴间的畸形关系，自愿放弃家产，到镇上做木工为生。全书由两个中篇及五个短篇组成，各部分既相对独立又共同融合为一幅完整的画面。

Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, The Sound and the Fury explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. At its heart this is a novel about lovelessness - 'only an idiot has no grief; only a fool would forget it. What else is there in this world sharp enough to stick to your guts?' (20040923)