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The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

Start date: February 1, 2014

Finish date: February 28, 2014

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Sep 01, 2012 tara bomp rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, american

Because women so delicate so mysterious Father said. Delicate equilibrium of periodical filth between two moons balanced. Moons he said full and yellow as harvest moons her hips thighs ... Liquid putrefaction like drowned things floating like pal rubber flabbily filled getting the odor of honeysuckle all mixed up

Quentin's chapter is beautiful a stunning tumult of ideas and images and memories and feelings that hits you even when you don't understand what's going on and takes hold of your head. T ...more

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Sep 11, 2019 Tango rated it really liked it

A crazy ride of a book that includes incest, racism hypochondria and misogyny among a family of mostly unlikeable characters. The first chapter, told from the point of view of Benjy who is intellectually disabled and does a lot of crying, jumps around in time and I started to think there were mistakes in my ebook version. Reassured that this was how the book was supposed to be I settled in and enjoyed the ride. This was not at all what I expected but it was a memorable and powerful reading exper ...more

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Nov 09, 2008 Bogdan rated it liked it

Shelves: new-world

I disagree with the vast majority of other readers. I was unable to enjoy this novel considered to be Faulkner's best. Mainly I found that his style is full of allegories, lyrism and a lot of metaphoraes. This is not my favourite writer at all.
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