Many of Faulkner's novels are set in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha — a fantastical reimagining of Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life.

福克纳的许多小说都设定在虚构的约克纳帕塔法县——这是对他一生中大部分时间所在的密西西比州拉斐特县的奇幻再创造。