from Mromano

A few American novels vie for the honor of the greatest work by an American author. Many would honor Huck Finn in this category. For me, the choice is easy. No other American work rivals this masterpiece in sheer force of dramatic power, invention, and the scope of its theme. From its opening the...

from blackglasses

Chilling, psychologically exhausting story told through multiple streams of conscious. Characters include a mentally handicapped adult, alcoholics, suicidal Harvard student infatuated with time, and a lovely brown housekeeper that is the light in a dark world. Can't leave out the incest and disor...

from Narshkite

Wow. I don't even know what to say. People far more erudite than I have written extensively about The Sound and the Fury, and I am going to leave it to them. I will posit a question though. Was Faulkner, at the end of the day, a hopeful man? The ending of this book was pure genius, tawdry and hat...

from jawalter

I'd forgotten just how much I love this book.I hadn't made it more than five pages into Benjy's monologue before I realized how desperately I want to go back and reread my favorite Faulkner, and by the time I finished, I was even seriously considering giving a second chance to some of his dreck, ...

from Narshkite

I don't even know what to say. People far more erudite than I have written extensively about The Sound and the Fury, and I am going to leave it to them. I will posit a question though. Was Faulkner, at the end of the day, a hopeful man? The ending of this book was pure genius, tawdry and hateful ...