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The display of the South as Faulkner unfolds the rise and fall of one southern family,
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This review is from: Absalom, Absalom! (Modern Library, 271.1) (Hardcover)
To read Faulkner and to then contemplate the freshly read sentences is to say that having a cavity-filled wisdom tooth extracted without the benefit of anesthesia is not painful; the final result, however, is worth the pain and journey. Faulkner is either loved or hated, in my mind, by most readers. I, however, love him. He is an acquired taste. I did not appreciate him in high school or college, but then I had not experienced a 25-year Dalwhinnie Single Malt Scotch either. I wouldn't have like any Scotch then. Faulkner to me is that fine Scotch that is appreciated more after years of experience sampling others that just don't hit the mark.
The story of Sutpen and the Coldfields is a complex one that is not easily unraveled by Faulkner's writing. But then again that complex writing make the story all that more compelling. And, after all that, and one must go through all that, the last two paragraphs provide the most satisfaction. The reader must not cheat! The ending will be more provacative and more revealing if one survives all the preceding pages. Sara Robinson, Author: Love Always, Hobby and Jessie
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