The Sound and The Fury. William Faulkner. Published by Vintage. First published 1954. 326 pages. Source: Audio library.
First Sentence: Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
Plot: The novel reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family, doomed inhabitants of Faulkner’s mythical Yoknapatawpha County, through the interior monologues of the idiot Benjy and his brothers, Quentin and Jason.
My thoughts: This one was chosen for my classic club challenge. I started it once but tabled it. I pushed through it this time because I just had to. Wow, there is enough disfunction in my life but to add this family just about made me go crazy!
This is one messed up group of people. It took me several chapters to even get the gist of what was going on. Faulkner's writing style is not my idea of a good time. Back and forth and who is narrating... Since the story is set in Mississippi the dialect was so very southern it difficult to take at times.
As you can tell I did not enjoy this book and don't really recommend it. Especially for younger adults. I only gave it 2 out of 5 stars on Good Reads.
This is one messed up group of people. It took me several chapters to even get the gist of what was going on. Faulkner's writing style is not my idea of a good time. Back and forth and who is narrating... Since the story is set in Mississippi the dialect was so very southern it difficult to take at times.
As you can tell I did not enjoy this book and don't really recommend it. Especially for younger adults. I only gave it 2 out of 5 stars on Good Reads.
I didn't like that book much, stream of consciousness writing is a bit beyond me and I agree with you they are a very messed up group of people!!
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