This is a better point of entry for Faulkner than most of his other novels, if I recall
Larry Send a noteboard - 06/01/2012 11:50:03 PM
Excepting, to be fair, your review of A Rose For Emily that you mention, that sounded like it might appeal to me as well.
Like many people, I have a tendency of shying away the minute someone uses the term "stream of consciousness" in a review, but going by your review and the quotes, short as they are, just because I don't like it in Woolf doesn't mean I would dislike it here.
Like many people, I have a tendency of shying away the minute someone uses the term "stream of consciousness" in a review, but going by your review and the quotes, short as they are, just because I don't like it in Woolf doesn't mean I would dislike it here.
It works here because the thought stream doesn't deviate much from the main plot; those moments serve to reinforce it and the characterizations. One also doesn't need to know much about the families in his stories, as this functions well away from the shared setting of the other tales.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Faulkner Fridays: As I Lay Dying (1930)
- 06/01/2012 06:39:07 AM
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Well, that sounds a lot more appealing than the impression of Faulkner I had so far.
- 06/01/2012 11:47:26 PM
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This is a better point of entry for Faulkner than most of his other novels, if I recall
- 06/01/2012 11:50:03 PM
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Yes. I have no idea why so many high school teachers insist on THE SOUND AND THE FURY.
- 07/01/2012 09:54:05 AM
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High School should consist of Greek, Latin, and Philosophy enforced with corporal punishment.
- 09/01/2012 12:43:15 AM
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