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I think I might have started reading this once before years ago. Certainly I had attempted one Faulkner book. This time I really enjoyed it.
My intellectual pride is wounded as I have no desire to finish this book. I bought the Spark Notes to help me get through it and I can appreciate that the multiple narrators concept was very novel in 1930. I understand the themes and characterizations. I found myself forcing myself to read this and I finally thought, "why?"
So, I'm quitting. I didn't like Faulkner's work in high school and I'm not too enamored of it now. Makes me wonder, though, what I'm missing since Faulkner is hailed by many a ...more
So, I'm quitting. I didn't like Faulkner's work in high school and I'm not too enamored of it now. Makes me wonder, though, what I'm missing since Faulkner is hailed by many a ...more
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