Subject: Re: Salinger, Faulkner, Kesey, oh yeah....
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Date: Wed Jun 18 1997 - 22:12:48 GMT
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
(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?)
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 22:32:22 -0400 bananafish@lists.nyu.edu wrote:
> 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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