Book · 1929 · American Manuscripts
The Sound and the Fury
- mentions
- 8
- people
- 5
- podcasts
- 4
- episodes
- 7
- recommendations
- 0
Or you read a great book like the sound and the fury read read the sound of the truth the first time you don't get much out of it it's like i don't even know what's happening i don't know who's talking it's a waste of time.
What they say about it
- Struggled to read it“not getting very far”4
The best things said about it
For me the sound on the fury is one of those books um it was a book that I carried with me everywhere all the time when I was writing Lark and Termite.
I am trying to write a book as good as The Sound and the Fury. That's what I'm sitting here to do.
Having tried to read um um Sound the Sound of the Fury and at 16 and not getting very far and thinking, well, it's just a bad book.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Sound and the Fury is a modernist novel by William Faulkner that employs stream-of-consciousness techniques to chronicle the decline of the Compson family. Lewis Sacher discussed on The Book Review that he disliked and struggled with the novel when he encountered it in school. Jayne Anne Phillips shared on How I Write that she carried Faulkner's book everywhere while writing her own work. Russ Roberts mentioned on EconTalk that he attempted to read the novel as a teenager and initially found its opaque style difficult and confusing. David Perell brought up the work on How I Write while discussing Paul Harding's ambitious reading habits and artistic goals to write something of equal merit. Joyce Carol Oates compared The Sound and the Fury to Faulkner's other novels on The Tim Ferriss Show. Furthermore, Russ Roberts utilized the novel on EconTalk multiple times to illustrate how challenging classic literature can initially appear to readers before they eventually come to appreciate it through aspiration.
Every mention
Russ Roberts having tried to read um um Sound the Sound of the Fury and at 16 and not getting very far and thinking, wel… 3
“having tried to read um um Sound the Sound of the Fury and at 16 and not getting very far and thinking, well, it's just a bad book.”
“or you read a great book like the sound and the fury read read the sound of the truth the first time you don't get much out of it it's like i don't even know what's happening i don't know who's talking it's a waste of time”
“so an example i've used occasionally here is uh faulkner hated faulkner thought he was silly you know tried to read the sound of the fury read the first couple pages”
David Perell and you said, "Okay, I'm going to go read The Sound and the Fury. I'm going to go take on some really hard… 2
“and you said, "Okay, I'm going to go read The Sound and the Fury. I'm going to go take on some really hard works.”
“I am trying to write a book as good as The Sound and the Fury. That's what I'm sitting here to do.”
Jayne Anne Phillips for me the sound on the fury is one of those books um it was a book that I carried with me everywhere all t… 1
“for me the sound on the fury is one of those books um it was a book that I carried with me everywhere all the time when I was writing Lark and Termite.”
Joyce Carol Oates somebody might prefer faulkner's the hamlet to faulkner's the sound and the fury they might prefer sanctuar… 1
“somebody might prefer faulkner's the hamlet to faulkner's the sound and the fury they might prefer sanctuary to light in august”
Lewis Sacher One of the books I remembered not liking was sound the sound in the fury by William. 1
“One of the books I remembered not liking was sound the sound in the fury by William.”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“In a chapter entitled June 2nd, 1910, a Harvard student commits suicide. The narrator is Quentin Compson, who also appears as a character in Absalom, Absalom. Name this classic in American literature penned by William Faulkner. And that is... The Crucible? No. As I lay dying. That's The Sound and the Fury.”