"The Sound & The Fury" by William Faulkner - *

Well, I can honestly say that I have met my match. "The Sound and The Fury" is considered a brilliant work by many, but I feel like I moved into an entirely new plane of existence, one for which I am utterly unprepared. Faulkner's exercise in removing the dimension of time, not just chronology, resulted in one of the most unpleasant reading experiences I have had in a very long time. I like to read....I love to think about what I read....in this case I found myself thinking about not wanting to read! The only silver lining to this cloud of a novel was that I read the Norton Critical Edition, which contained fascinating information. Jean-Paul Sartre, of whom I am a lifelong devotee, wrote the most helpful essay about the novel. Not helpful enough, however!