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 Absalom, Absalom!
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Well, I actually just began it today, but I love the way in which the story of Sutpen is told. The narration fluidly switches from one character to another, while still telling the same fascinating story. I can't put the book down.
/David Simins, 16, United States
A story about stories being turned inside out. What exactly did happen at Sutpens Hundred? You never know for sure ...
/Thomas Hallock, 43, United States |
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As
I Lay Dying |
I had attempted to read 'As I Lay Dying' in my younger days only to abandon it half way quite a number of times, angry with Mr. Faulkner for his utter disregard for the grammatical sentence and the reader. The language, - indeed in American English dialect - was chiefly of the mind, incoherent, unrehearsed and random, and quite beyond my literary intellect which was nurtured on the realistic narratives of Dickens, Gorky, Hugo, Steinbeck, London, Orwell, Hardy etc. Today at my mature age, the book happens to be one of my five favourites, and especially so for the very traits which made it so indigestible in my earlier years. Written in the half-language, so to say, of rural characters of American Deep South, the book intends to depict the inadequacy of written words (of any language) to depict in full the intense feelings of crisis and motivation that lurks within its characters. The words are now poetic, now existentialistic, now matter-of-fact, now raw and earthy, but generally incoherent and often overwhelms the narrative track. The language perplexes yet the intensity of the feelings they describe prevails. Mr. Faulkner challenges the reader to read till the end and compels him to make whatever he can out of the book. He creates the creative reader out of us. Added to this are biblical myths like: Flood, Hell-fire, Adultery, Incest, Redemption etc - all undertoned aspects enacted in the lives of the characters very subtly. This book has influenced the first book of Mr. Marquez – 'Leaf Storm' - and I do believe that Mr. Faulkner will continue to influence future generations of writers of all languages and countries for ever.
/Soumitra Lahiri, 54, Iran
Because it tells the story of the same moments from many different perspectives and how the same moments can be perceived by people with a certain mindset.
/Anouk Aimee, 13, France
Lying on the outskirts of Yoknapatawpha County
are my personal favorite family, the Bundrens. The process by
which they haul their mother Addie's corpse to Jefferson for
burial allows us a look into each character. Everyone single
character is someone we can identify with in real life, and more
often than not is a part of ourselves we can understand. Just
a phenomenal book.
/Raj Atri, 19, United States
The epic, almost biblical quality
of the interior monologues fascinated me. Great characters, some
you love, some you hate, but either way, you'll remember Carl
and Addie and Jewel when it's all said and done.
/Jonathan May, 19, United States |
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Light
in August |
Because anything Faulkner wrote lives forever in one's soul upon first reading. He is the consumate self-taught tortured genius, and it comes across on every page, but this novel has the added benefit of being more clear and accessible than his other masterworks.
/Luis M. Luque, 44, United States
One of the most perfect books I have read in
my whole life, not only in means of how the story evolves and ends, but also
in meanings of language, prose, characters and descriptions. Just one of my
favorites, and maybe Faulkner's best.
/Santiago C. Bullard C., 18, Peru
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Sanctuary |
Chilling to say the least. Unmasks the cruelties of a mans psyche.
/Mathias Fridemark, 23, Sweden |
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Sartoris |
Faulkner is, for my reader experience,
the fundamental stone of narrative. Sartoris is the beginning
- not in a cronological way - of everything.
/Aejandro Caballero Salas, 27, Chile |
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The Sound and the Fury |
I like this book because of Faulkner's style of italicized stream of consciousness and the way he seeks the nature of man through characters seemingly inferior in thought and intellect.
/James Quaite, 18, United States
A tale of a self destructive family that rots away the southern values. The Compson family is one of the most memorable families in literature history. Faulkner creates some of the best characters that obsess over time, memories, and their sister. The stream of consiousness technique is used to full affect and is flawless. I have a new outlook on life because of this book and will never forget it.
/Darin Milanesio, 16, United States
Truly masterful understanding of the human condition.
/Ken Harold, 37, Canada
I would recommend it for the underlying psychological
motivations of the characters in what seems to be a story of just another dysfunctional
family ... and for Faulkner's originality with regard to his style of prose ... Faulkner
is a true original amongst originals!
/Nisha, 29, Kuwait
Of all the great American literature, Faulkner's tale is of pain and suffering - and the endurance of the human spirit. Its complexity is only rivaled by its utter honesty and though it speaks from a point in the American past, I believe it may be read universally in the human soul.
/John Danchisko, 24, United States
It is the best ever-written passionate book based on the stream
of consciousness technique 'developed' by Faulkner. Reading becomes more of a walk into the characters'
minds and feelings with the events blended and stretched in time and space.
/Anna Gavrilova, 26, Russia
Other authors may give a moderately accurate view of their characters through first
or third person perspective, but Faulkner steps beyond such mere
records of events and steps into the souls of his characters,
bringing them further into existence than any others I have yet
experienced.
/Elliot Milco, 16, United States
Even though the style is very complicated, Faulkner
manages to simplify it enough for everyone to understand
and yet not loose any of its original beauty.
/Ramona, 18, Croatia
I'm certain it's been said before; Faulkner did for
literature what Picasso did for art: he turned it inside
out and allowed the reader/viewer see the whole from
every angle.
/Kelly B. Hoots, 44, United States |
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