That's a funny novel. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by L.M. The Third
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That's a funny novel. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by L.M. The Third
I guess I hadn't counted how many nominations had been made yet. I might nominate it again, if I still haven't read it by the new year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I would like to retract my nomination.... someone else can suggest something
Since rores has withdrawn, can I suggest 'The White Tiger' by Arvind Adiga?
Nominations for December are:
1. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
3. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
4. Cartesian Sonata and other stories by William H. Gass
5. At The Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraf
6. Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson
7. The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
8. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
9. The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker.
10. Nice Work by David Lodge.Since LM3 had already nominated a book, hers will be included in the poll, Nikhar. Would you like to nominate this again next month?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nikhar
The Sound and the Fury is an excellent book but I am not sure I want to re-read it again at this moment.
Sorry Sche but it was on my TBR list! Thought it might be popular. Hopefully get more of a discussion going than THHGTTG provoked, despite it being ace.
The Sound and the Fury....Hm..I guess I'll make a stab at this book.
My thoughts exactly! My last experience with Faulkner did not leave me over enthusiastic to go out and read more of his work but I suppose I will give this one a try. I am still a bit ambivalent about reading it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by jhampton002
It doesn't have to be Faulkner, you know...
Is The Sound and the Fury a good choice for a first-time Faulkner reader?
eh, I hope this isn't going to be a bad moth to rejoin... :rolleyes:
I've tried to read TSATF before and wasn't really in the mood for it, so i'm quite up for this one. Now i just have to locate it in my flat :(
This is my favourite Faulkner novel, but I think no Faulkner novel is an easy first read.Quote:
Originally Posted by L.M. The Third
The multiple narrators and stream of consciousness style will be confusing, but I would stick with it. And the book benefits from repeated readings.
I'll join in, but I won't be able to start re-reading the book until mid-December.
Thanks, Pip. I've been intending to read Faulkner for the longest time, so hopefully the discussions should help, if I find time to read it.