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Title: The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner ISBN: 0-07-553666-8 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 May, 1967 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.44 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (59 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Gibberish? Maybe not...
Comment: The day I saw this on my syllabus in a post-mod english class, I was really excited. Since taking an entire course dedicated to Joyce's Ulysees last year, I have been infatuated with experimental literature (I am an english major nerd). I started reading this text, diligently unpacking all of the symbolism and time shifts, and I have to say that this book lives up to its reputation. The story of the socially, economically, and morally declining Southern family is old hat, but the methods of storytelling were novel. Shifts in time and the different devices that Faulkner uses (sensory/spacial correlations) to trigger memories (excellent in Benjy's section)are very well done.
The text is somewhat dense and complex; it is NOT meant to be an easy read. Faulkner creates a wonderful slice of Southern life and traces the dynamics of a seriously dysfunctional family. While it is no Finnegan's Wake (if you thought Ulysses was incomprehensible...), it does require some careful reading, and is well worth the effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pure Genious
Comment: I know that once I tell you this, half of you will probably not believe me, but I read this book as a junior in HS....yeah that's right 16 yr old me. We all thought my teacher was crazy, but he just knew our capabilites. After spending a term analizing great books and poetry, he decided to take us on a plunge to the bottom of his sea of books where his treasure chest was lying....low and behold we opened it and out came THE SOUND AND THE FURY. Along with our books, my teacher handed us what he called "the Faulkner bible." It was about 20 pages long and it was really useful in figuring out what time period we were in and what was going on every time Benjy (the first narrator) switched time periods (or, switched to italics). I really must say, I've never seen an author with capabilites such as Faulkner has. He is able to see through the eyes of a person with no sense of depth and take us on an unforgettable journey through the mind of a mentally disabled adult. Can you imagine a 2D world??
I promise after reading this, you'll be glad you did....it is extremely sensational.
Imagine if you actually had Faulkner read it to you with his accent. hehe we kind of did (My teacher's a little cuckoo as you can tell, and he would come into class all dressed up and talking like Faulkner ohhhh it was amazing!!! Definitely brought the book to life).
Rating: 3
Summary: experimental gibberish travelling the road to genius
Comment: countless literary fiends have just flinched, i'm sure. something uneasy is crawling around under their skin, and they can't place it. little do they know it's merely me, baby-bashing a much-loved, canonized, idolized classic.
i read. i read a lot. i majored in creative writing and english because i loooove books and criticism. (does this pre-qualify me for faulkner? hardly, i'm just giving myself a few wobbly stilts worth of "reading credentials"). i armed myself. i knew it'd be tough. i'm unafraid to ask for help/use cliff notes, etc., and that's what i did.
it didn't help. oh sure, i understood it, but once unraveled it's just another incestous, suicidial, land obsessed, southern novel. i'm just not into books that take every ounce of my stamina to keep reading, books that make sense to no one but the author, and readers who've used the assistance of a zillion critics, who've spent lifetimes pouring over every single itty-bitty word in order to make some sense of it.
hooray for those who find the genius, hooray for faulkner for opening up doors that lead into hallways filled with self-induldgent experimental drivel, and self-induldgent brilliance.
i still didn't enjoy it. but i have to give it 3 stars because of where it took literature.
just be warned.
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Title: Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0684800713 Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Absalom, Absalom!: The Corrected Text (Vintage International) by William Faulkner ISBN: 0679732187 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 0684801523 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Sound and the Fury (Cliffs Notes) by James L. Roberts ISBN: 0822012197 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: June, 1970 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison ISBN: 0679732764 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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