I found it especially clever how the book ended, because it made sure you have to read it a second time to fully understand it, and it certainly is worth a second read. The narrators in the book are really distinct and interesting characters, and there's some great stream-of-consciousness too, who d...
There are entire library shelves and careers devoted to interpreting Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and I can now understand why. Rather than do an absurdly amateurish analysis of the novel, I think I'll stick to reviewing it and making some comments for lay readers. This novel is absurdly frustr...
Wow, just wow. This was a tough read. I'm beginning to realize I'm not a fan of the stream of consciousness narrative style; the jumping from one person's point of view to another's drove me mad, but not as mad as the lack of punctuation in most of the dialogue. The story itself was depressing and I...
I'm gonna paste a comment I made to a friend here, because it's as good a review as any. Here are a few spoiler-free things I wish someone had told me about this book:- As you'll figure out soon enough, that first passage is narrated by an autistic dude. He has no concept of time; he doesn't underst...
What was William Faulkner thinking,When he began to pen this mental tink'ring?Thoughts! That's what and how he wrote.(But I wish he had left us all some notes)Benjy's thoughts or rambling are awryConfused fragments, flash-backs, reasonless, thrash-ing memories in italics past;now italics present, la...
For the Celebrity Death Match Review Tournament, The Divine Comedy (26) versus The Sound and the Fury (23)Ceci n'est pas une critiqueWin for The Sound and the Fury
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