Monday, April 7, 2008

Book #1: As I Lay Dying

When I started this book, I dove straight to the internet for assistance. I needed help figuring out who was who. Maybe that was cheating because so much of the experience of Faulkner is sifting through the fog... but there are plenty more complicated texts by this dude that I'm sure I'll attempt to tackle in the future.

For me, what I actually LIKE about this book is the fact that the narrator shifts between characters. I didn't expect the ending - it was abrupt, I mean, the events weren't all that shocking. And my initial reaction was, "What if this were told from another character's perspective?" I'm thinking I might check out The Sound and the Fury just to see how far I can push myself through it.

*Also, I looked for a few books on my reading list, and I was really hoping to find Wise Children, but I would have had to order it. So I might look for it in the library tomorrow when I pick up my books for what I will refer to as my 548 project.

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