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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
01-16-2008, 01:14 PM
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what is your favorite william faulkner book?
what is your favorite william faulkner book?
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01-16-2008, 06:39 PM
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As I Lay Dying, hands down his best work!
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01-16-2008, 06:40 PM
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I'll second "As I Lay Dying."
I love the way he switches the first person narratives from character to character.
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01-16-2008, 09:33 PM
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"The Sound and the Fury"
Followed closely by "As I Lay Dying" and "Light in August".
Like the southern gothic shorts, too.
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01-29-2008, 08:44 AM
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I´d have to go with The Sound and the Fury; that book knocked my socks off.
Like a lot of people, I found Faulkner to be tough-going at first, but as you sort of get used to his style...aaaah!! so rewarding. I regard the Fury as quite possibly being the most innovative book I´ve ever read; the style of writing has been emulated since not only in literature but in all forms of media. I started reading it not knowing a lick about it, and what a delight to figure it all out, bit by bit.
I also liked Pylon a good deal; risque for the times, and I truly, truly empathised with the main character.
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01-29-2008, 08:44 AM
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I´d have to go with The Sound and the Fury; that book knocked my socks off.
Like a lot of people, I found Faulkner to be tough-going at first, but as you sort of get used to his style...aaaah!! so rewarding. I regard the Fury as quite possibly being the most innovative book I´ve ever read; the style of writing has been emulated since not only in literature but in all forms of media. I started reading it not knowing a lick about it, and what a delight to figure it all out, bit by bit.
I also liked Pylon a good deal; risque for the times, and I truly, truly empathised with the main character.
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04-06-2008, 11:52 PM
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Am i the only person who hated "As I Lay Dying"? I dont think i even finished it.
Maybe it was the fact that i felt forced to read it (because i was in fact forced to read it (college)) and when i feel forced to read something I automatically hate it.
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04-09-2008, 02:48 PM
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I prefer my Faulkner in short stories.
But "Absalom! Absalom!" in an incredible piece of literature.
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