Wow. I love that you feel so intensely about As I lay Dying, it was my first Faulkner and it turned to be my favourite book of all time as well - so much so, that I got Addie Bundren upside down in a coffin tattooed. My favourite part of the book is Addie's chapter where she tries to justify her life and her actions, a person of deeds, not of words - driven by cruelty and selfishness. This is my favourite line: "One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.”
@@TomorrowAndStill I am actually considering getting another coffin with the fish tattooed as well. 🤣 When my friends gifted me a painting of William Faulkner for my birthday a couple of years ago I broke out in tears because it means so much to me. It is the first thing I see every morning. Just started Absalom, Absalom and I am deeply troubled by the intensity of information and emotion delivered in very strung out sentences. Man. This will break me again. The first 25 pages or so left me with goosebumps and tears multiple times already, and my mind in benign disarray. How is this possible? He really was the Shakespeare of the South. ❤️
I was just searching for a guy like you, obsessed by all william faulkner's novels. I have read 12 out of 19 and I am insanely obsessed by his works. Having found your channel is a real bless. Thank you very much! Ps. I haven't read the reivers and the unvanquished. My first 3 books are: as I lay dying, light in august and the sound and the fury. Which books are you going to read next after the hamlet?I want to read the snopes trilogy too and the reivers.
Nice to know I'm not the only one that has an unhealthy obsession with him! I've been in a very heavy reading slump the past few months but I'm starting to pick his works back up slowly, so more videos will be coming out on my reading progress. I'm currently on Flags in the Dust right now, with Pylon on deck after that. Tentatively, after that I'm hitting up The Wild Palms, Go Down, Moses, Intruders in the Dust, Requiem for a Nun, the rest of the Snopes, and then finishing it out with a reread of As I Lay Dying. The Reivers I would read first. I am working on my review of The Hamlet, and while it was a great book, I wasn't too big of a fan of it. I much preferred the fun of the Reivers over the absurd fun of The Hamlet which fell rather flat sometimes.
Wouldn't consider it a first video since I've been making videos online for years now, but this is the first time with this format. Still figuring out how to be on camera :)
I'm attempting to get in to Faulkner but having trouble figuring out where to start. Is there of a novel of his you would say is the best entry point into his writing?
I am not really a believer of there being a "best place to start" for any author. The best place to start is where you think is most interesting to you. However, I can say that the most accessible of his works, if that's where you want to start, is Light in August. That book is so beautifully written but easy to understand that it is a really good all-around starting place to get into his works. If you're up for a little bit more of a challenge, I would recommend As I Lay Dying, both because it's brief and is a good entry into his style of stream-of-consciousness. I'm happy to answer any other questions, and I hope you enjoy your Faulkner reading!
I'd second Tomorrow's As I Lay Dying recommendation. I got into Faulkner via some of his short stories/novellas: A Rose for Emily, Barn Burning, Spotted Horses, and The Bear.
@@gibsonraymondathat's the second Faulkner I read. It was the one that sealed the deal for me. Faulkner was officially my favorite author for years to come. I wouldn't recommend it as a first though unless you are already a confirmed fan of James Joyce.
@@TomorrowAndStillanother booktuber pointed out that Light in August sits right in the middle between his more "experimental" and his more "normal" stuff. So if you start at LIA you have the option of following up by either doing something easier, like The Reivers or the Snopes trilogy, or something more challenging like As I Lay Dying.
Thanks for the upload. Faulkner is my favorite writer as well. As I lay dying also got me into his work, and I would also rank it first together with Light in august, and maybe Absalom, Absalom. I also loved the Unvanquished and Sanctuary though. I’m reading the Hamlet now… its my least favorite so far. I didn’t hear many good things about the Fable but you got me interested. Would you recommend any authors similar to Faulkner? I tried Carson McCullers and Sherwood Anderson but they do not reach the same level of writing. Perhaps Joseph Conrad? But I only read Heart of Darkness so far.
I remember taking Faulkner in grad school. Had to slog through A Fable and Sanctuary first. Hurricane Wilma hit and I had to read both in the stupid heat.
Great review, thank you for talking about some of Faulkner books I haven’t even heard of before (a Fable). Looking it up right away. You didn’t mention Flags in the Dust, have you come to read that one yet? Anyway, was really interesting to hear your opinion.😊
I haven't yet read Flags in the Dust, but I'm intending to! Also I think I said it in this video but by god be careful of A Fable, you will either hate it or become obsessed with it and either way you are probably not going to come out the same as before.
@@TomorrowAndStill I looked up A Fable and although I’m very intrigued I think I’ll not yet read that book. Also because English is not my native language, I’m scared it will be too complicated and I’ll might get lost. It is definitely on my wish list as a future read though!
@@Cakewalkingbaby Very good call. Like I said in the video, A Fable is the hardest book I have ever read and is probably the hardest book Faulkner ever wrote, and that's saying a lot when Absalom, Absalom! is on the table. But I think as a non-native speaker, having A Fable as a goal to strive towards is incredible. If you can one day read A Fable and get something out of it, I think I would consider that a mastery of the English Language that far surpasses even some native speakers.
This was a great video to show up on my feed - really fun to watch as a Faulkner fan
holy shit thank you!
senator thing
Wow. I love that you feel so intensely about As I lay Dying, it was my first Faulkner and it turned to be my favourite book of all time as well - so much so, that I got Addie Bundren upside down in a coffin tattooed.
My favourite part of the book is Addie's chapter where she tries to justify her life and her actions, a person of deeds, not of words - driven by cruelty and selfishness. This is my favourite line:
"One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.”
I've been tempted to get an As I Lay Dying tattoo as well! I had a friend do a design of a fish inside of a coffin that I want to get done some day!
@@TomorrowAndStill I am actually considering getting another coffin with the fish tattooed as well. 🤣
When my friends gifted me a painting of William Faulkner for my birthday a couple of years ago I broke out in tears because it means so much to me. It is the first thing I see every morning.
Just started Absalom, Absalom and I am deeply troubled by the intensity of information and emotion delivered in very strung out sentences. Man. This will break me again. The first 25 pages or so left me with goosebumps and tears multiple times already, and my mind in benign disarray. How is this possible? He really was the Shakespeare of the South. ❤️
You got me wanting to read A Fable! I saw others talking down about it but your description sold it to me
I was just searching for a guy like you, obsessed by all william faulkner's novels. I have read 12 out of 19 and I am insanely obsessed by his works. Having found your channel is a real bless. Thank you very much! Ps. I haven't read the reivers and the unvanquished. My first 3 books are: as I lay dying, light in august and the sound and the fury. Which books are you going to read next after the hamlet?I want to read the snopes trilogy too and the reivers.
Nice to know I'm not the only one that has an unhealthy obsession with him! I've been in a very heavy reading slump the past few months but I'm starting to pick his works back up slowly, so more videos will be coming out on my reading progress. I'm currently on Flags in the Dust right now, with Pylon on deck after that. Tentatively, after that I'm hitting up The Wild Palms, Go Down, Moses, Intruders in the Dust, Requiem for a Nun, the rest of the Snopes, and then finishing it out with a reread of As I Lay Dying.
The Reivers I would read first. I am working on my review of The Hamlet, and while it was a great book, I wasn't too big of a fan of it. I much preferred the fun of the Reivers over the absurd fun of The Hamlet which fell rather flat sometimes.
This is a really well done bud for a first video
Wouldn't consider it a first video since I've been making videos online for years now, but this is the first time with this format. Still figuring out how to be on camera :)
I just read Soldiers Pay. Really not a bad book at all, I also like Sanctuary a lot more than you. Good video.
Please do more videos like this. Like other classics tier lists
I'm attempting to get in to Faulkner but having trouble figuring out where to start. Is there of a novel of his you would say is the best entry point into his writing?
I am not really a believer of there being a "best place to start" for any author. The best place to start is where you think is most interesting to you. However, I can say that the most accessible of his works, if that's where you want to start, is Light in August. That book is so beautifully written but easy to understand that it is a really good all-around starting place to get into his works. If you're up for a little bit more of a challenge, I would recommend As I Lay Dying, both because it's brief and is a good entry into his style of stream-of-consciousness.
I'm happy to answer any other questions, and I hope you enjoy your Faulkner reading!
Absalom, Absalom!
I'd second Tomorrow's As I Lay Dying recommendation. I got into Faulkner via some of his short stories/novellas: A Rose for Emily, Barn Burning, Spotted Horses, and The Bear.
@@gibsonraymondathat's the second Faulkner I read. It was the one that sealed the deal for me. Faulkner was officially my favorite author for years to come. I wouldn't recommend it as a first though unless you are already a confirmed fan of James Joyce.
@@TomorrowAndStillanother booktuber pointed out that Light in August sits right in the middle between his more "experimental" and his more "normal" stuff. So if you start at LIA you have the option of following up by either doing something easier, like The Reivers or the Snopes trilogy, or something more challenging like As I Lay Dying.
Thanks for the upload. Faulkner is my favorite writer as well. As I lay dying also got me into his work, and I would also rank it first together with Light in august, and maybe Absalom, Absalom. I also loved the Unvanquished and Sanctuary though. I’m reading the Hamlet now… its my least favorite so far. I didn’t hear many good things about the Fable but you got me interested. Would you recommend any authors similar to Faulkner? I tried Carson McCullers and Sherwood Anderson but they do not reach the same level of writing. Perhaps Joseph Conrad? But I only read Heart of Darkness so far.
Great video!
I remember taking Faulkner in grad school. Had to slog through A Fable and Sanctuary first. Hurricane Wilma hit and I had to read both in the stupid heat.
Great review, thank you for talking about some of Faulkner books I haven’t even heard of before (a Fable). Looking it up right away. You didn’t mention Flags in the Dust, have you come to read that one yet? Anyway, was really interesting to hear your opinion.😊
I haven't yet read Flags in the Dust, but I'm intending to! Also I think I said it in this video but by god be careful of A Fable, you will either hate it or become obsessed with it and either way you are probably not going to come out the same as before.
@@TomorrowAndStill I looked up A Fable and although I’m very intrigued I think I’ll not yet read that book. Also because English is not my native language, I’m scared it will be too complicated and I’ll might get lost. It is definitely on my wish list as a future read though!
@@Cakewalkingbaby Very good call. Like I said in the video, A Fable is the hardest book I have ever read and is probably the hardest book Faulkner ever wrote, and that's saying a lot when Absalom, Absalom! is on the table. But I think as a non-native speaker, having A Fable as a goal to strive towards is incredible. If you can one day read A Fable and get something out of it, I think I would consider that a mastery of the English Language that far surpasses even some native speakers.
@@TomorrowAndStill 🙂🙏
and go down moses
homie read the hamlet