Maud Newton does a nice bit this morning on Oprah’s choice of three Faulkner titles for her summer reading club. I found Light in August a grind, and As I Lay Dying a sort of grotesque joy ride. But The Sound and the Fury is a pleasure to read. True, I had a college instructor walk me through it the first time. After that it just got better with each reading.
Posted by Bobby Farouk at June 7, 2005 05:26 AMFunny, someone brought up The Sound and The Fury just the other day. Hadn't thought about that one for a long time. According to everyone present it was a difficult book but that's not how I remember it. But then again at least one of them was the sort that will put a novel down to look up a word and probably relishes the footnotes to The Wasteland. Go figure.
All of this is just a way of saying that people who hate subtitles aren't really so bad after all, I guess.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at June 7, 2005 09:44 AMJust realized that probably sounds really arrogant or something. Well, for the record then, let me say that the whole thing might have gone sailing right over my head without my realizing it, thereby giving the impression of not being difficult.
:)
Posted by: Alan Hogue at June 7, 2005 12:42 PM