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Of course I have read this - but it was ages ago! Would what I thought of it then match up with what I think now? I am not so sure! So how do others award stars for books read long ago? I do it by the strength of the memories left by the book. Or I just don't add the book. My memory can sometimes be hazy.
I will reread this in August 2016. Will I give it four stars the second time around?
I am in tears. I wrote a review carefully explaining why I can only give thistwo three stars after rereading
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I will reread this in August 2016. Will I give it four stars the second time around?
I am in tears. I wrote a review carefully explaining why I can only give this
William Faulkner makes my brain hurt... but it is worth it. This book is profound. Tragic. Brutal. Complex. Beautiful!
Faulkner tells this story in four chapters, each narrated by a different person and occurring on a different day. The story is not told chronologically and based on the advice of another Goodreads member I returned to the first chapter upon completion of the book. It helped me understand the story more fully. The writing style reflects the character perfectly. Two chapters are st ...more
Faulkner tells this story in four chapters, each narrated by a different person and occurring on a different day. The story is not told chronologically and based on the advice of another Goodreads member I returned to the first chapter upon completion of the book. It helped me understand the story more fully. The writing style reflects the character perfectly. Two chapters are st ...more
Jul 08, 2012
Laura
marked it as to-read
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My mother always told me that her father's family had come from the same place that Faulkner grew up in, an the genealogical research I have done shows that this is mostly true. So I always wonder when reading Faulkner if any of the characters resemble my relatives. In this case, they were long gone from Mississippi before the 1920s, but I still wonder.
My favorite sections in this book is the first one. It conveys the confusion and feelings that Ben cannot express to the rest of the world. I lo ...more
My favorite sections in this book is the first one. It conveys the confusion and feelings that Ben cannot express to the rest of the world. I lo ...more
Broke out and reread my yellowed 1984 edition of the Faulkner classic. And here's the reason. I've read and loved most everything Faulkner over the years. But when I was I believe in my 20s I heard someone say that they absolutely loved Absalom, Absalom! but the only thing they regretted was not being able to experience it for the first time later in life. They felt it would have made for a richer experience. (Probably true of many works of art:) So I made a decision. For that one, I waited and
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This was a hard read. The story is written from the point of view of a mentally deficient person.
Apr 09, 2009
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