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Summary: Faulkner's Finest
Review: Another marvelously wordy Faulkner novel, though this time the story is unfettered by stream-of-consciousness. This showcases precisely what there is to love about Faulkner: Believable characters still fanciful enough in their predilections to keep a person awake; sound and multilayered plotline; fascinating locales and locals. The only complaint could arise when one considers that more than three hundred pages of dense prose is funneling out of an old man to whom his own life at eleven could hardly be that clear. Of course ,this is a novel, with disbelief suspended shortly after you pick up the book. Truly remarkable; great for the casual reader.
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Summary: A Joy To Read
Review: At long last, Faulkner gave us lucky readers a great comic novel. Those long difficult sentences are timed to deliver punch lines, and the atmosphere is light and sunny rather than gloomy and dank. This is not to say that the novel is merely a diversion, though. The final resolution is deeply moving, and still most entertaining. This is one of the books that makes me glad I learned how to read.
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Summary: Faulkner at his funniest
Review: Faulkner's last novel is one of the most humorous American novels. Its humorous tone keeps it from being a masterpiece like ABSALOM ABSALOM and THE SOUND AND THE FURY but it is not just a work of lighthearted escapism as the issues of temptation and trying to get an easy score are covered with insight and the prose both in terms of dialogue and narration are at the high level we expect from Faulkner. It is avery good read and is particularly good as an introduction to his work eventhough it is his last novel.
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Summary: The Reivers
Review: Faulkner's novel The Reivers is in my opinion his best work. Unlike many of Faulkner's stories The Reiver's comedic and lighthearted and at the same time it tackles and touches on many of the dark and not so comedic sectors of human nature. The novel is viewed through the lens of a young man named Lucius priest. Lucius accompanies his on an unsanctioned trip to Memphis with two of his fathers employees Boon Hoggenbeck and Ned McCaslin. Putting it lightly Lucius' traveling companions are, "men of the world" that is they protray a great deal of flaws and weaknesses that permiate humanity. They drink, smoke, gamble, steal, and womanize..... As Faulkner puts it they are, "practitioners of non-virtue". As the trip progresses Lucius soon realizes that he too has began down the path of non-virtue. As I said earlier Lucius and party are travelling to Memphis, but in The Reivers it is not the destination that is important to the story it is how they get their. Every leg of the journey find the characters with a new problem to tackle and a new display of what non-virtue is. As with many of his novels Faulkner takes the base human instincts good and bad and portrays them in a believable and poignant manner. The language used in the novels suits its characters and time perfectly and adds to the humor in some instances. The question you should ponder is does Lucius succumb to the non-virtue he is surrounded by in his travels? Read it and find out.
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Summary: The Reivers
Review: Faulkner's novel The Reivers is in my opinion his best work. Unlike many of Faulkner's stories The Reiver's comedic and lighthearted and at the same time it tackles and touches on many of the dark and not so comedic sectors of human nature. The novel is viewed through the lens of a young man named Lucius priest. Lucius accompanies his on an unsanctioned trip to Memphis with two of his fathers employees Boon Hoggenbeck and Ned McCaslin. Putting it lightly Lucius' traveling companions are, "men of the world" that is they protray a great deal of flaws and weaknesses that permiate humanity. They drink, smoke, gamble, steal, and womanize..... As Faulkner puts it they are, "practitioners of non-virtue". As the trip progresses Lucius soon realizes that he too has began down the path of non-virtue. As I said earlier Lucius and party are travelling to Memphis, but in The Reivers it is not the destination that is important to the story it is how they get their. Every leg of the journey find the characters with a new problem to tackle and a new display of what non-virtue is. As with many of his novels Faulkner takes the base human instincts good and bad and portrays them in a believable and poignant manner. The language used in the novels suits its characters and time perfectly and adds to the humor in some instances. The question you should ponder is does Lucius succumb to the non-virtue he is surrounded by in his travels? Read it and find out.
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Summary: Faulkner's Road Trip
Review: Faulkner's work generally suffers under the criticism that he is purposefully difficult and unapproachable. This book should serve to counter that criticism. A thoroughly entertaining, funny story about a road trip and a horse race - what could be better? For everyone that attempted Absalom, Absalom and gave up on Faulkner altogether, give him another chance - and start here. Faulkner's gifts, generally regarded as America's greatest literary artist, are evident here as well, in a less studied work. A great read.
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Summary: Sho was a heap good story
Review: Have you ever read a novel or a short story and felt an urgency to finish it but also an urgency to never finish? That's how I felt while reading Faulkner's The Reivers. This Pulitzer prize novel concerns one eleven-year-old white boy named Lucius Priest. Through the mediation of his father's underlings--Boon Hoggenbeck and Ned McCaslin--Lucius comes of age in the art of non-virtue. While Lucius's grandfather is away, the three of them "borrow" the old man's automobile and embark on a bumpy journey to Memphis. On the trip, Lucius sees it all--whoredom, lust, theft, profanity, gambling--and struggles with these things in the context of a southern religious tradition. Though he has every opportunity to turn back and forgo the trip, he presses on and convinces himself that it's all too late. Non-virtue has already embraced him. On the other hand, Boon and Ned have no doubts of their lack of virtue, and when they see Lucius drinking from evil's muddy waters, they just nod their heads (don't think that the story is grim, for it's down right funny at times). The story is addictive, even though the language is rocky and convoluted at times. Faulker was no Raymond Carver or Ernest Hemingway; conversely, he was the ultimate practitioner of the compound-complex sentence. The dialogue was so real, especially with Ned and other black folks. I felt as though I were standing around the campfire chewing tobacco and thumbing my suspenders and talking about horse racing. No wonder this novel hooked the Pulitzer. It's quality stuff.
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Summary: A fine William Faulkner novel for first time Faulkner reader
Review: I remember reading Faulkner's Sound and the Fury as a college sophmore and swearing never to read another book by him again. I happened to find the Reivers in my local library and decided to give his Pulitzer Prize winning book a try. It is a charming book that tells the story of a stolen car, a stolen horse, a horse race, and the life changing experiences of an 11 year old boy in the course of a week. Although Faulkner employs colons and semicolons more than any writer, and his sentences seem to continue on indefinitely, the effort of adjusting to his style rewards the reader with a wonderful tale. I highly reccomend this book, and hope to try another Faulkner book in the near future. Maybe I will even attempt the Sound and the Fury someday.
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Summary: Literary Fiction Review
Review: I want to say to Anthony Alred and Wayne Davis that if they wish to review such a grand literary novel they should at least edit what they write. For they owe William Faulkner at least that much respect. Their poor English precludes me from giving their review any importance.---Joe from Ohio
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Summary: Faulkner Lite
Review: Like Thomas Mann (FELIX KRULL) Faulkner produced a picaresque last novel. Both books are a bit long and self-indulgent, but contain many delights. It is easy to suspect that Faulkner was trying to suggest he was a sunnier child, a better rider, and more appreciative of blacks than seem likely, but it's hard to begrudge him a largely delightful valedictory (he died 32 days after THE REIVERS was published). He was still producing dense syntax and juggling narrative time, so for entrée even to the comic Faulkner, AS I LAY DYING is better.
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