Sound and Fury is abysmal. As far as I can tell its popularity among critics is based on the stream of conciousness style rather that the actual story...technique is not art.
It’s a great and very moving novel. It demands at least one re-read and it falls together just fine.
Sound and Fury is abysmal. As far as I can tell its popularity among critics is based on the stream of conciousness style rather that the actual story...technique is not art.
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Completely disagree. My favorite Faulkner, and the stream of consciousness adds, IMO, to the immediacy of the work.
And the first paragraphs of the 2nd section “and then I was in time again”, may be among my favorite written words of all time.
But, the high school teacher for whom I first read this book absolutely brought all of the characters to life, so I could be biased. That was in 1975.
I agree, I’ve started that book many times and it just makes me hostile reading it. I threw my copy in the dumpster, lest anyone else happen upon it, and be vexed. Same goes for Ulysses, which is only good as a table-leveller.