The Sound and the Fury
With an introduction by Richard Hughes. 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...
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With an introduction by Richard Hughes. 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?'
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099475019 (0099475014)
Publish date: May 7th 2009
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
One of the greatest novels of the 20th-century follows the disintegration of former Southern aristocrats looked at in four different ways. The Sound and the Fury is considered William Faulkner’s greatest novel, following members of the Compson family over roughly 30 years in which the once great ar...
I am just realizing now that the Faulkner set I own (Oprah's Book Club Edition) is not chronologically arranged, so though I first read As I Lay Dying it evidently came out a year after The Sound and the Fury, which I just finished. Though I tend toward the more straightforward organization, I can...
This is the most challenging book I’ve read this year. I don’t know how far I would have gotten without Google. This book is amazing, but it’ll sure make you work to understand its amazingness. The Sound and the Fury is divided in to four chapters, each focusing on a different member of the Compso...
Introduction--The Sound and the Fury
U kući u kojoj nema sreće žive sećanja u kalupu od ljudi. Bendži svet vidi očima trogodišnjaka. Kroz njegov doživljaj okoline Fokner daje najtačniju predstavu emocionalne mreže u kući. Bendži oca i sestru poznaje po mirisu, na drveće i kišu, dok ostali članovi porodice iz njegovih usta izvlače on...
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