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The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

Start date: August 24, 2024

Discussion: FAULKNER'S SOUTH- SOUND and FURY

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Why we're reading this: Several members have requested a discussion of this head-scratcher. Notoriously, Faulkner told his agent …more
[close] Several members have requested a discussion of this head-scratcher. Notoriously, Faulkner told his agent about the novel: "Read this, Bud. It's a real son-of-a-bitch … This one's the greatest I'll ever write." Many people have since agreed with Faulker's characterization of this unconventional experimental novel, but we are not afraid, since we know that multi-angled, hard-to-read fiction makes good fodder for discussion!

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FAULKNER'S SOUTH- SOUND and FURY

* TS and TF Thread 1 - Spoilers for April Seventh, 1928. Benjy
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TS and TF Thread 2 - Spoilers for June Second, 1910. Quentin
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Dec 19, 2011 Ted rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: reviews-most-liked, historical-fiction, classics, lit-american, read-in-20s, americana, beach-mixed

a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing. William ~~Faulkner~~ Shakespeare

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Nov 15, 2011 David rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: usa, nobel-prize, the-great-american-novel

What was William Faulkner thinking,
When he began to pen this mental tink'ring?
Thoughts! That's what and how he wrote.
(But I wish he had left us all some notes)

Benjy's thoughts or rambling are awry
Confused fragments, flash-
backs, reasonless, thrash-
ing memories in italics past;
now italics present, last-
ing a moment, now gone.
At least this messy fourth is done.

Quentin fills in the many blanks
Which Benjy leaves upon the banks
Of th' Lethe, for madness has addled
Q's youngest brothers head is rattled. ...more

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