The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner · 1929
Buy on AmazonIn many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The story concerns various members of a Southern family, once wealthy landowners but now struggling to maintain their reputation.
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"Its dense, stream-of-consciousness prose and exploration of moral decay in the American South align with Cormac McCarthy's own unflinching portrayals of human nature and regional landscapes. An expected read for someone exploring the darker currents of American literature."
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"The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner. There is no better text for a young writer, or for an old one."
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