Subject: Re: Salinger, Faulkner, Kesey, oh yeah....
From: Mark J. Sikorski (mjs@worldweb.net)
Date: Thu Jun 19 1997 - 14:29:44 GMT
faulkner is the best! the sound and the fury is a wonderful book. i love the
whole "muddy drawers" analogy. the book uses so many different techniques
and styles that it was at first hard to catch on, but once i did, i
discovered a powerful story.
jenn
At 09:12 PM 6/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>YES!!! someone finally brought up faulkner again. _As I Lay Dying_ is
terrific,
>but not as beautifully written as _The Sound and the Fury_. I prefer the
latter
>book, but the former is an excellent study in character development. as for
>therapeutic qualities, the poetry inherent in _The Sound and the Fury_ wins
out.
>I'm sure others disagree, but what I'm saying, Nanda, is if _As I Lay Dying_
>doesn't knock you out, try _The Sound and the Fury_.--matt
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>(paraphrase) All writers begin as poets, failing that they become short story
>writers, and failing that they become novelists.--William Faulkner (butchered
>quote, I know, but does anyone know where I got this from? I think it's from
>his Nobel acceptance speech. Confirm, deny, correct?)
>
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>On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 22:32:22 -0400 bananafish@lists.nyu.edu wrote:
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>> It is a cold night down here in South America and I really felt like
>>writing. First because I would like to know if there is anyone else from
>>Brasil on this list so that maybe we could get together someday and talk
>>after having some Antarticas.
>> I had made a comment about the Esquire magazine article a while ago
>>and someone (sorry, I have a hard time keeping names) replied saying that it
>>disgusted her. Well, I though it was ok for a chronicle, and despite that I
>>disagree with the author's personal attitudes, it was my first clue into
>>Salinger's universe. Until then, I had only read The Catcher, and that book
>>had impacted me so much that I didn't think anything could be better than
that.
>> I was lucky enough to find an old paperback copy of "Franny and
>>Zooey" and that was the only contact I've had with the Glass family so far,
>>besides having read "A Perfect day for Bananafish". The motives behind those
>>characters interest me rather much for profoundly private reasons.
>>Unfortunately, I am going through a moment in my life where literature
>>serves as therapy instead of study. I've been trying to get more into
>>American authors to keep my English going, but it's been extremely hard to
>>find adequate books.
>> I am currently readind Faulkner's "As I lay Here Dying". I suppose
>>that people on this list are reeeeaaally into literature, and as far as I
>>know, Faulkner is conseidered the greatest American author of all times. So
>>I would like to get information on the subject, as well as this possible
>>influence Huxley has had on him (I read that somewhere). It sounded pretty
>>incoherent to me.
>> Speaking of Huxley, is anyone here as fond of Ken Kesey as I am? I
>>mean, I am extremely fond of him.
>> Leaving room for your own developed thoughts now,
>> And apologizing for the typing mistakes, gramatically incorrect
>>constructions and poor lousy English vocab,
>>
>>Your Brasilian Connection
>>Nanda
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