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ProudLib72

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8. I never really thought of it that way

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 11:35 PM

Sep 2018

Most people detest As I Lay Dying. One of my friends in college called it As I Die Reading. I totally loved it and consider it to be his single most inspired piece of writing. Who could develop a dozen characters using their own voices for narration and manage to finish it in three weeks?!

Faulkner liked to write about the dissolution of the old South. Those novels can be depressing, yet I think he was trying to capture the South at a crossroads. Unfortunately, there are a heck of a lot of southerners who never made it past the crossroads. I remember being enamored of Faulker's novels; I never realized they would be relevant 80 years later. It's just sad! Pathetic!

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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying [View all] lunatica Sep 2018 OP

Yes, and also desperate and tragic. Faulkner tried to write from the inside. nolabear Sep 2018 #1

Thanks for the recommendations. lunatica Sep 2018 #6

I am ordering her book after reading reviews on it lunatica Sep 2018 #12

The place she grew up black is where I grew up white. nolabear Sep 2018 #13

I will lunatica Sep 2018 #15

That's pretty much where I am. nolabear Sep 2018 #18

On a far funnier note, there's a hotel in Jackson MS nolabear Sep 2018 #2

Or you could have slept under Pylon and flown off to sleep quickly ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #7

Faulkner insights or race, class and gender are still needed and useful. greatlaurel Sep 2018 #3

I'm often reminded of Faulkner's works, especially the Snopes family. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #4

Thank you for this lunatica Sep 2018 #5

I was mainly woolgathering in type. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #10

You put it beautifully. nolabear Sep 2018 #9

Thank you. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #11

I never really thought of it that way ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #8

Another great southern writer also comes to mind when I see his peekaloo Sep 2018 #14

Do you mind giving it a little review? lunatica Sep 2018 #16

It's been a few years since I've read her. peekaloo Sep 2018 #17

Thanks! lunatica Sep 2018 #19

I forgot to mention she wrote short stories. peekaloo Sep 2018 #20