Flags in the Dust

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Faulkner‘s 1st book set in his fictional Yoknapatawpha county MS. It sets the backdrop most of his other work going forward. His postage stamp. It was rejected by publishers for having no plot or character development.

And yet I enjoyed it. I took in these characters and I closed it with real affection - the myth of Colonel John Sartoris, his brother, son, great grandsons all a short paths to glamorous bad ends, or haunted by the prospect.

Tamra Are you embarking on a Faulkner quest? My husband and I were just talking last week about perhaps reading his work in succession. 9mo

Graywacke @Tamra yes! I‘m reading a book on month, and started in January. 9mo

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Graywacke

Flags in the Dust | William Faulkner

My past week. I finished Ammonites, started Faulkner‘s Flags in the Dust - which will take me most of March. Chaucer and How to Say Babylon continue. (I finished Sir Tropas in Canterbury Tales)

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Graywacke

Flags in the Dust | William Faulkner

Started Faulkner‘s 3rd novel yesterday. The publisher felt it was too long, and only published it in a cut form in 1929. The full version wasn‘t released until 1973. There were corrections made in 2006.

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ReadingEnvy

Flags in the Dust | William Faulkner

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I'm auditing a Faulkner class this semester to help me read and understand some of his catalog since I've always failed when I've tried on my own. Flags in the Dust, published in reduced form as Sartoris in 1929, lays the groundwork for the setting of several more novels. ⤵️

ReadingEnvy This one is set immediately after World War I with characters dealing with the aftermath, and of course the impact on already tense race relations. Faulkner focuses on a handful of characters and the novel has the feeling of opening doors to observe the characters and checking back in on them to see what else has transpired. I like to think of this as lazy afternoon teatime with a few car rides in between. ⤵️ 5y

ReadingEnvy It's a bit of a mess but gets better as it goes. (Since I read all 400 pages in a day I think I need to reread the last quarter.)

Next up: The Sound and the Fury 5y

Centique I will be so interested in what you think. The Sound and the Fury was the first classic I read after I graduated university and felt I should pick up a “difficult” book again. I felt mystified by it - with no expert to explain it to me - and in love with it anyway. ☺️ 5y

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andrew61 I've never read faulkner jenny although i have a copy of As i lay dying unopened. I'll be interested in your observations and maybe ill finally give it a go. 5y

ReadingEnvy @Centique we've been instructed not to read anything about/around it and just to read it. We'll see! 5y

ReadingEnvy @andrew61 we shall see . 5y

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