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Originally Posted by rubber soul
Oh, yeah, talk about hit and miss. I hated the Sound and the Fury, but As I Lay Dying was a good read. I probably liked Steinbeck better even though I didn't want to. I had always thought he was a sellout with about fifty films based on his books, but then I read Of Mice and Men and my opinion of him changed. Still have to get around to Grapes of Wrath though as well as Faulkner's Absalom,Absalom.
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You'll love
The Grapes of Wrath. Although I loved
The Sound and the Fury, so maybe you'll hate it too.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
I'm impressed with how immediately he's into the action. In Both DC and OT it had to build up, but in GE it's BAM! Page one, right in your face. Excellent. Interesting too how he seems to always (though of course I've now only read/am reading three of his books) to write from the standpoint of a child.
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That's a good point, and one I've never noticed. Much of
Hard Times is from a child's point of view as well, if I remember correctly. And it's Christmas season, why aren't you reading the absolute classic Dickens?
