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[gabbydwg]

I went to the library yesterday and picked up a few books I haven't read from the banned books meme. (I also left the library wondering why in the world they didn't have a single copy of The Grapes of Wrath! Wha???) I started with Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!. I'm having trouble getting into it, though. Why? Because of the insanely long sentences! It's as if he had only a short supply of periods and had to use them sparingly in order to be able to finish his book.

Still, I have to admit it's a pretty effective way of setting up the mood of the book. When the characters begin to pick up the narration, as in chapter 1, I could imagine Jessica Tandy speaking as she did in Fried Green Tomatoes, and I understood it much more easily than in the plain narration.

In other news, I'm still really annoyed that all my planned activities for tomorrow were cancelled because of this stupid hurricane. I was all geared up for work and school, and suddenly I have nothing to do. It leaves me feeling very antsy.

Also, today was my brother's birthday, so he made our parents sit down and watch The Two Towers. Phrases uttered in my house today during The March of the Ents:

Run, Forest, Run!
He's turning over a new leaf.
Gotta pack my trunk.
How do you kill a tree? Oh!

Comments

[leksa.livejournal.com]

Run, Forest, Run!

I think I just sprained something in my brain.

*howling*

[sietske.livejournal.com]

I think I just died.

[the-marchioness.livejournal.com]

Because of the insanely long sentences! It's as if he had only a short supply of periods and had to use them sparingly in order to be able to finish his book.

*snort* That's the reason I was never able to read Virginia Woolf's, To the Lighthouse. The entire first paragraph was one sentence, so by the time I got to the end I couldn't remember what was said at the beginning. After rereading it 3 times, I decided to pick a new book to read for my HS senior year summer required reading book. Ah, the memories. ;)

[greenislove.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is a difficulty. I'd seen it sometime before, in one of those "how to write" books I used to get from the library, only in that example it was much easier to read and to follow. More stream-of conscience, whereas in the book I'm reading now, it's more like the speaker is jumping from Point A to Point C without stopping at Point B. It was somewhat easier to read if I mentally added periods, but not very much.