I always liked Faulkner. As I Lay Dying was a good one.
I'm finding it terribly difficult to identify any difference with the characters. I feel like the story is jumping around to different places but the characters all talk so much alike I can't really distinguish any of the people in the story.
I always liked Faulkner. As I Lay Dying was a good one.
I'm finding it terribly difficult to identify any difference with the characters. I feel like the story is jumping around to different places but the characters all talk so much alike I can't really distinguish any of the people in the story.
Hmm, its been a while for me and I don't particularly remember The Sound and the Fury that well. I don't remember dealing with that in AILD.
I <3 <3 <3 Faulkner, one of my favorites. Absalom, Absalom! was one of the first novels I read in English. Took me forever, but I loved it.
Is your Spanish as good as your English?
Unfortunately not. I had French and Spanish in school and I wished I had done more to master it. The sad thing is that I seem to have a talent for languages, but I'm just too lazy to make use of it. I still hope that one day I'll be fluent in Spanish, French and Italian.
I always liked Faulkner. As I Lay Dying was a good one.
As I Lay Dying is a great book, a favorite of mine.
If you like Southern fiction, give Walker Percy a try. The Moviegoer is superb. Lancelot is excellent as well. I need to reread Lancelot...
EDIT: I'm reading The Help and getting ready to start Jeff Shaara's Pacific Theater WWII book, The Final Storm.
How bout Flannery O'Connor? She's been on my list too check into forever it seems.
Yes, O'Connor is excellent as well. Everything Rises Must Converge is a must read, for anyone into Southern Lit. A Good Man is Hard to Find is another great short story (and name of a collection of a short stories). There is a relatively recent biography on her that sounded good, but I haven't read it yet.
Just finishing up Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the book that Goodfellas is based on. Really easy to read and way better than the movie. It's a lot more in depth and a lot more people involved. Henry Hill was actually involved in the Boston College point shaving scandal.
When on a $200 spending spree at Borders today at the closeout sale... might regret this tomorrow. But some of the books that are next on the list:
Songs of Love & Death (edited by George R. R. Martin) The Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
two photography books
Almost the complete collection of Samuel Becketts plays.
kenny the kangaroo purchased the catcher in the rye on saturday in an attempt to read moar classics.
I love Catcher in the Rye. It's a fantastic story. I hope you enjoy it.
Ditto. Hemingway is a good way to go next if you're looking for another after this.
And there's where we differ. I can't stand Hemingway. Tried reading The Sun Also Rises in high school and wanted to kill myself by the end of Chapter 1.
kenny the kangaroo purchased the catcher in the rye on saturday in an attempt to read moar classics.
I love Catcher in the Rye. It's a fantastic story. I hope you enjoy it.
Ditto. Hemingway is a good way to go next if you're looking for another after this.
And there's where we differ. I can't stand Hemingway. Tried reading The Sun Also Rises in high school and wanted to kill myself by the end of Chapter 1.
Actually haven't read a ton of his stuff. Some short stories and The Old Man and the Sea. I like the style though.
