tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post7768746040179220809..comments2024-02-09T17:38:25.502-07:00Comments on Classics and Beyond: Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-24117663119291141412014-06-02T08:43:31.955-06:002014-06-02T08:43:31.955-06:00Well, you tackle a lot of things I'm afraid of...Well, you tackle a lot of things I'm afraid of...so maybe you'll like it! (I hope you do, because I think Faulkner probably deserves better than my scathing reviews.) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-84607738683769434952014-06-02T08:29:08.203-06:002014-06-02T08:29:08.203-06:00I'm yet to read any Faulkner, but I do hope to...I'm yet to read any Faulkner, but I do hope to read The Sound and the Fury soon, this month hopefully. Read so many mixed reviews, though! ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-91909136079567400942014-05-28T16:17:15.901-06:002014-05-28T16:17:15.901-06:00If expecting to dislike an author is a terrible fe...If expecting to dislike an author is a terrible feeling to have, then I must be a terrible person! There are lots of authors I expect not to like and unfortunately, I'm right a lot of the time. (I didn't expect to like Faulkner.) But I guess the point is just to try anyway. I always feel good about having "conquered" a classic by an author I disliked. <br /><br />As far as your second paragraph, I absolutely agree and I think that's an excellent way of putting it! I don't know that there's really any high ideal that could be achieved without real characters. <br /><br />I think The Sound and the Fury is probably a better introduction to Faulkner. I appreciated the characters in that one a lot more, and even though the narration did get extremely confusing, the characters at least were telling their own story. <br /><br />Oh, and thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766637615653605306.post-76773885138593879222014-05-28T15:24:40.811-06:002014-05-28T15:24:40.811-06:00I haven't read Faulkner yet because I have a f...I haven't read Faulkner yet because I have a feeling that I won't like him. Isn't that a terrible attitude to have? I do plan to read him one day though. And I don't think my pre-conceived dislike will affect my reading, because there are a few authors where I've thought that I'd dislike their writing and have ended up loving it …….. Virginia Woolf comes to mind.<br /><br />I think you made an important point, Emily …….. no matter what style the author is using, or what points he wants to make, he must make the writer care about his characters. And by care, I don't mean like. He needs to make them real. I've found that when I read novels from this era, the characters sometimes seem sacrificed for a higher ideal. It doesn't work for me either.<br /> <br />I really enjoyed your review. I like your honesty and it doesn't put me off from reading the book, it just gives me more information for when I do! However I think I'm going to try The Sound and the Fury before Absalom, Absalom. <br /><br />BTW, I see that you're almost half-way through your Classics Club list! Congratulations! Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.com