Re: Salinger, Faulkner, Kesey, oh yeah....


Subject: Re: Salinger, Faulkner, Kesey, oh yeah....
From: Josh Feldmeth (sportcarrier@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jun 19 1997 - 21:07:55 GMT


"Faulkner is the best"

here here. Coincidentally, I am reading as I lay dying write now too.
Quick thought on the power of Faulkner and "the Sound and the Fury." I
was reading TSATF for the first time on a business flight and in the
first section I started to cry. I didn't have the fogiest idea of what
was haping, who was who, or even how old anyone was. But something
about the text moved me emotionally. I think it's what Vonnegut calls
the "Anti-Epiphany", a moment of devine significance without any clarity
mucking up the human connection (Thats from "Bluebeard", I think).

My two cents on the Esquire Article. I thought it did a decent job of
setting the Salinger table for first time diners. But the author was
really cheesy, idealistic and almost revolting. Kinda like a precious
moments figureine, something you really want to pick up and smash down.

Cheers,

Josh



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