As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Patron only early access / Ad-Free)
I think this is one of my favorites. Incredible.
Thanks Jeff!
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Surprised you didn’t get into the absolutely bizarre ending, but I respect not spoiling too much! I’m a brand new patron, absolutely terrific channel Cliff, I’ve been binging your videos for the last month or so. Appreciate your work!
Literally just finished reading it. Wow that ending. To me it was darkly hilarious but incredibly fitting. I HATED Anse by the end.
This was gateway to Faulkner. Loved it.
A novel that I loved by Faulkner, yet seldom is mentioned (let alone read): Flags in the Dust from 1927 (not to be confused with Intruders in the Dust from some 20 years later). It was rejected by a dozen or so publishers before being accepted and then chopped down (at least a quarter of it removed) and renamed into the nearly unrecognizable (but much more well-known) Sartoris. Flags in the Dust was the first of his Yoknapatawpha County novels, and it gives the impression of being written by Faulkner *before* he was Faulkner (in that it's entirely comprehensible, unlike the soon to follow The Sound and the Fury)! It wasn't released in its original form until the early 1970s. It's a novel of nostalgia and faded glory (but then, what great Southern novel isn't?!). I thought it marvelous, and a work of genius.
Loved the review!!!
Thanks for the book Cliff. Appreciate the fantastic review!
Great review as always, Cliff. 👍👍👍👍
“As I Lay Dying” was the first of Faulkner’s I read. I haven’t read it in quite a while, but I look forward to return to it this summer.
Wonderful as always Cliff,
I enjoyed this review tremendously. I definitely want to smash the like button when it goes up on YouTube. I feel like you “got” this book in a way that many readers don’t. I agree with so many points you make and, as usual, you bring out ideas and insights that are inspiring to me, and I am sure to many others. God bless you Clifford. You are a gift.
Welcome to Washington, Cliff! I'm so glad you posted this, I was planning on reading some Faulkner after I finish my Finals papers. So far I've only read A Rose for Emily. I was torn between this or Absolom! to start with, sounds like I'll be going with this one. Cheers.