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One thing that Faulkner did was advance the state of the art of narration. He had this groundbreaking alienation thing, with a sort of stream of conciousness thing going, which was kind of new (he pioneered it, along with James Joyce).

I guess one reason you have to read that crap is because he was one of the first to deal with the ugly side of the South. Kind of like some sort of anthropologist, he was.

So, he gave a picture of the culture, and he dealt with issues no one else would, and he had this groundbreaking technique, sort of.

Lots of his books/stories are the same.

There is however one short story that was pretty commercial: "A Rose For Sister Emily" (or what it Miss Emily?) Anyway, great read....

Just be glad you are not reading Henry James. Ten times worse.....