As I Lay Dying--Faulkner

[JitterbugPerfume]

somehow I missed Faulkner in my youth, and this is no book for an old woman to be reading . Is all of his stuff this depressing? I dreamed about death last night !

[teenagebambam]

1. I took a Faulkner seminar in college

and yeah, it's all pretty grim as I recall!

[Orrex]

2. Here's something to check out if you want a little breathing space:

As I Lay Kvetching, by David Sheffield.

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. nyuk nyuk nyuk

[gater]

3. "My mother is a fish."

Perhaps the greatest chapter ever in literary history!

[Sabriel]

7. My all-time favorite n/t

[fadedrose]

4. It might be good for some old women,

but not one called "JitterbugPerfume."

[McCamy Taylor]

6. This book is atypical for Faulkner. His best is "Absalom, Absalom"

This is also his most "typical" book, one that includes the heavy narration of his early works and his emphasis on history from his later works.

[BlueIris]

8. OMG, person on my wavelength.

I was just about to start rereading this.

[prc73450]

9. a difficult but interesting read

[Journeyman]

10. Find his novella, "Old Man" . . .

It's favorably compared to Huckleberry Finn. The first piece of his I ever read (and I've read most of his work since), it remains with me to this day - 30 years later.