April/Faulkner Reading Poll

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03-28-2006, 09:02 PM
emily655321

Okay, well, I've already started reading TSATF, so I might as well vote. I'm hearing such nice things about AILD now, that I wish we could have read that, instead (hence my vote for the runner-up), but it's definitely going on my list. It also wasn't in the used bookstore, whereas Sound & Fury was, so I guess it's just as well.

So far, the second time around is proving to be the charm for me, too. I already know the plot, and the timeline, and can just sit back and enjoy the story. Imagine! Do others think it would be useful to post a SATF timeline on its thread (assuming several lurking fans of ...Dying don't come out of the woodwork on Friday night)? It is... very, very confusing. Perhaps I should save this sort of question for April 1st?
03-28-2006, 09:14 PM
Ryduce

I heard that Absalom Absalom was Faulkner's greatest work though.I found it to be way more difficult than TSATF.Because I got through the first 2 sections of TSATF,but I didn't make it passed the third page on Absalom Absalom.
03-29-2006, 07:41 PM
Shea

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Originally Posted by Ryduce

I heard that Absalom Absalom was Faulkner's greatest work though.I found it to be way more difficult than TSATF.Because I got through the first 2 sections of TSATF,but I didn't make it passed the third page on Absalom Absalom.

I know we're still just voting here, but I've just gotten through the first section of TSATF, and I found Sparknotes.com to be quite helpful. I've been going back through it and highlighting what's memory and what's real time in two different colors.
03-29-2006, 08:47 PM
Basil

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Originally Posted by Shea

I've been going back through it and highlighting what's memory and what's real time in two different colors.

Shea, you might be interested to know that Faulkner wanted to use different-colored ink in the first section to show the shifts in time (as opposed to italics). He had to be persuaded by the publisher that it simply was not possible.
03-30-2006, 09:12 AM
Shea

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Originally Posted by Basil

Shea, you might be interested to know that Faulkner wanted to use different-colored ink in the first section to show the shifts in time (as opposed to italics). He had to be persuaded by the publisher that it simply was not possible.

:lol: As my mother would say, "Great minds think alike". Though I think in my case its just a wild chance. ;)

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