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... right now. I don't usually plan my reading ahead, but two of the books I do intend to read before the end of this year are Light in August (a re-read) by William Faulkner and Swan Peak by James Lee Burke. I just listened to my first Brick, Light in August and am now on my second.
Is there any hope for me? ... listening to Intruder in the Dust, my second William Faulkner in a row, after being bewitched by an audiobook of Light in August (I've added a review, click on the book link).
But I'm also in post-Great War Austria, starting on the second of Three Novellas by Joseph Roth ... ... and now own a car with a CD player and an MP3 connection, I may have to get "on the bus", as my daughter would say. Light in August is very near the top of my re-read pile; in fact I had hoped to get to it this summer, but naturally that was too optimistic. I don't think your review is ... Thanks, avaland.
37. Light in August by William Faulkner (8.5). My rather over-the-top review is here: http://www.librarything.com/work/3384/details/35748429
Great stuff. I'm not in happy places.
I'm in Mississippi with William Faulkner's Light in August; I'm in Bosnia watching relatives shoot up a party with How the Soldier Repairs the Gramaphone and in the Kingdom of Albania recording epics and getting spied on in The File on H by Ismail Kadare. ... O'Brien
America, America by Ethan Canin
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Light in August by William Faulkner ... of his style of craft?
It's the weirdest thing to me. The reading challenges posed by Absalom, Absalom! and Light in August seem to me so minor compared to the delights the stories offer. As I Lay Dying is a different matter entirely, of course. That really is a professional ... ... point I haven't read any of the Faulkner I've picked up, but she's read As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury and Light in August. Thanks Oprah! Light in August William Faulkner
The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman
The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow
Augustus CaesarGenevieve Foster
Teahouse of the August Moon Vern Sneider 32. Light in August - William Faulkner
Search for identity. Mob thinking. Religion. Race. These are some of the themes found throughout Light in August. This book was a horror of sorts. It’s a book that I could imagine Dostoevsky writing if he were from the southern U.S. (though chapter 7 ... Light in August
The Light in the Piazza
Ring of Bright Water
First Light
A Light in the WIndow
... that one critic stated that reading Faulkner is the difference between literature and fiction. I'm thinking of reading Light in August in August unless I get a better suggestion from the Faulknerites on LT. That is one of the great things about this community. We can share our views ... ... and Seasons
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
April 1865: The Month that Saved America by Jay Winik
Light in August by William Faulkner
Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Winter's Crossing by James Galway
'Round ... 18, August by Gerard Woodward
I read Light in August by Faulkner. It was good but not great. I kept thinking he would develope the characters like Steinbeck but they were never that compelling.
I also started reading Charles Bukowski. I love him I have finished Post Office and Ham on Rye. I have always ... ... for the stream-of-consciousness narration of the mentally retarded character. I have read and enjoyed As I Lay Dying and Light in August, but they are heavy if not depressing.
If you do want to give Faulkner another try, I would suggest Go Down, Moses. It's a collection of loosely-relate ... ... year, too, and maybe I'll like that one better; who knows? I've never read The Sound and the Fury, but really enjoyed Light in August when we read it in college. Maybe I should try to read some more Faulkner.
... (St. Exupery)
The Outsider (Camus)
A Passage to India (Forster)
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Light in August (Faulkner)
Shipping News (Proulx)
God of Small Things (Roy)
Ground Beneath Her Feet (Rushdie)
The Accidental Tourist (Tyler ... Got a call that I won the books I bid on yesterday at the Library sale's auction:
The book set of Faulker - Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, and As I Lay Dying - as well as a beautiful edition of Complete Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm ... as soon as you've decided you can make it with Faulkner, that's the book i'd suggest reading next...
i haven't read Light in August yet, that's the other one that's super-highly regarded...i assume what people have said about it so far is just as valid... #8 --re: Light in August I don't want to spoil it for anyone with too much of an answer, but I found the character's actions and emotions to be hyperbolical, bordering on nonsensical. And those internal monologues of the character Hightower are what I most remember as tedious. I did write a ... ... -- although odd, it is haunting and fairly short. I am still a newbie to him myself, but personally if I had started with Light in August, I probably wouldn't have read anymore Faulkner. I just did not like that novel - tedious and absurd. The Reivers was Faulkner's last novel, an utterly charming story and a very good book, but Light in August is the one I always recommend to newbies. ... to go through my library, I've listed what I have already here: The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, The Unvanquished, The Hamlet, Go Down, Moses, Intruder in the Dust. (I also have his collected and uncollected stories, but ... ... Rise of the Ugly Woman in Contemporary American Fiction by Charlotte M. Wright.
Here are some of the books referenced:
Light in August by Joanna Burden
Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Faye Weldon
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
The Beet Queen by Lou ... In Chicago this weekend, I bought faulkner`s Light in August using a 30% coupon and remainder copy of What came before he shot her by Elizabeth George.I am on a Faulkner kick again and had always missed this one. Very strange book, of course, but his genius is evident. ... A much different book than No Country for Old Men, I found this book to be very reminiscent of William Faulkner's A Light in August. This is a very symbolic book about religion and morality in Appalachia. I was left with a lot of unanswered questions after reading it, but it definitely ... ... thinking it was heavy on Snopes novels. I also (again, no book in front of me, so this is possibly wrong) wondered why Light in August wasn't there.
Then again, I have a strong Faulkner bias :)
Oh, and I thought at least one thing by Eudora Welty belonged there. ... the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz
7. The Fish Can Sing by Halldor Laxness
8. The File on H by Ismail Kadare
9. Light in August by William Faulkner
(some ideas: Can't read enough Mann; more Ivo Andric, Halldor Laxness; haven't read Faulkner in a while; Doris Lessing!; some of ... Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Long March by William Styron
Light in August by William Faulkner
September by Rosamund Pilcher
July's People by Nadine Gordimer ... to fulfill, or what? I'm tninking of Judith Rossner--I really liked Looking for Mr. Goodbar and was looking forward to August What a clunker! I forced myself to finish it, though.
Incidentally, I agree with you on The Temple of My Familiar--bad on several levels. But I like Pilgrim at T ... Interesting note - Oprah Winfrey chose As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury and Light In August for her 2005 Summer of Faulkner reading selections. ... it is better than Helen of Troy. I am in the mood for some historical fiction. something slightly lighter. I finished Light in August and it nearly killed me. Worst Faulkner that I've read so far -- totally offensive. ... going to try some of his earlier work (at some point) So far, I definately prefer Eliot and Austen.
I am moving through Light in August this weekend. I like it alright. I just can't seem to make up my mind about Faulkner. Depends on my mood -- I either love him or hate him. Finished Jude the Obscure. Depressing. Started Light in August. Depressing. Hmm? I am detecting a theme. ... two sections again and appreciated them more. I just need to learn patience, and persistence. :)
I am about to start Light in August. ... library book club. It is quite a diverse group so there is a large array of books. I joined two months ago and have read Light in August by Faulkner, followed by Truck: A Love Story and after The Samurai's Garden we are reading The Alienist. ... by Lewis Buzbee
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay MacInerney
Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster
A Light in August by William Faulkner
Sunrise with Seamonsters by Paul Theroux Sorry about posting Light in August. I was sure it was on the list. It made a good book club discussion so I didn't regret reading it. I don't know if anyone cares or not -- but Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Light in August (which someone above mentions as having read on the list) are not on the 1001 list. Go figure. Some of his lesser known ones are. That bumps me back down to 91/1001. Shoot! ... "Ave Maria".
I took an excellent American Literature survey course (2 semesters long) in college, in which we read both Light in August and Absalom. But I had already read The Hamlet and a couple short stories the summer before, because one of my boyfriend's professors had recommended ... I finished Light in August this morning. I'm going to start The Devil in the White City today. ... with Never Let Me Go. I loved Remains of the Day. I couldn't believe these were by the same author.
I'm now reading The Light in August ... it again
Jhowell--I completly agree with you about Middlemarch. I also loved Silas Marner.
Right now I'm reading The Light in August by William Faulkner. I'm really enjoying it. ... about the Western Front (the non-fiction is depressing enough!), but I would second the recommendation of Solzhenitsyn's August 1914-The Red Wheel 1 but look for the most recent edition as it has been re-edited by the author since his original departure from the Soviet Union and the ... In keeping with my habit of reading numerous books at once, I am currently enjoying Journey to the End of the Night, Light in August, and finishing up Winesburg, Ohio. ... barn (where there are always a few good books looking for a home)
1. The Random House photographic re-issue of Light in August, a good condition school library discard. (The woman who had the antiques barn is a former school teacher--maybe she "kifed" it--why else would it have ... This past Wednesday I hit the local Goodwill and The Salvation Army and came up with these four books:
Light in August by William Faulkner
Angus by Charles Siebert
Fearfully & Wonderfully Made by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey
The Best of Mike Royko: One More time by ... ... too: "The Long Hot Summer" and at least part of the sections concerning Mink, perhaps.
I'm tempted to argue for Light in August's status as noir too; but I don't think The Wild Palms quite makes it. Thoughts? Faulkner can be a very slow read, even for people like me who think highly of As I Lay Dying, The Hamlet, and Light in August. I admire The Sound and the Fury but understand readers who find it difficult if not impossible to read. Absalom, Absalom! is also a chore.
Austen -- talk ...
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