I read The Sanctuary. The Snopes trilogy rings a bell but doesn't come to mind. I took a Faulkner course in grad school but haven't really touched him since. I should. I don't read enough these day, perhaps because I spend so much time writing on a computer. My eyes are worn out by the time I get home from work.
I did pick up "As I Lay Dying" again last summer because I wanted to revisit the working of the narrative. I wrote a novel about a psychotic advertising writer, who slips back and forth from one personality to another. At first one personality is dominant then the other takes over. It's written in first person, present tense, so I had to give some thought to making the narrative coherent. I eventually settled on starting a new chapter every time the narrator switches. The first chapter narrated by the subordinate personality is only one sentence. As the story ends, he is the sole narrator. Seems to work, but I don't know if others will find it of interest. Haven't really had a chance to look for an agent let alone a publisher. I've heard that's near impossible. Someday I'll try. By the way, it's not autobiographical, although some of it is based on personal experience:-). Paul On Mar 22, 2008, at 12:12 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Paul: Yea, that's a point about S& F. Did you ever read The > Sanctuary? > Great villain in that one. How about the Snopes trilogy? > Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: PESO: Rowan Oak > > >> I can't recall "The Unvanquished." It's been a long time. I liked >> "Sound and the Fury" as an exercise in monologue and narration, but I >> found it tedious in terms of plot. To my mind, it's a good subject >> for academic conjecture but not a particularly good read. >> Paul >> On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> ugh! I've got to get my eyes checked--again! Thanks, Paul. I'll >>> do a >>> re-do--and I agree about As I Lay Dying. I actually like "The >>> Unvanquished" >>> a lot & "Sound & the Fury." Darrel & I saw a 1st edition of S& F >>> WITH the >>> dust jacket in the archives. Very rare to see a dust jacket of >>> that novel >>> in good condition. Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 8:07 PM >>> Subject: Re: PESO: Rowan Oak >>> >>> >>>> Nice shot. But i would rotate it until the columns are vertical. >>>> About one >>>> or two degrees counterclockwise. >>>> And, yes, I'm a Faulkner fan. "As I Lay Dying" is my favorite. The >>>> narrative and POV structure is amazing. >>>> Paul >>>> From: "Christine Aguila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> Hi Everyone: >>>>> >>>>> Any William Faulkner fans on the list? We drove down to Oxford, >>>>> Mississippi >>>>> to see Faulkner's Home, Rowan Oak & some manuscript archives at >>>>> the >>>>> University of Mississippi, as well as stopping at the Cente for >>>>> Southern >>>>> Culture, which is on campus as well. I highly recommend going to >>>>> the >>>>> campus >>>>> library to see the manuscript items. Faulkner's Nobel Peace >>>>> Prize is >>>>> there >>>>> among other items. It's free. Ole' Miss is a lovely campus, and >>>>> we were >>>>> surprised to learn the student body is only around 14,000 >>>>> students. I >>>>> would >>>>> have guessed 20-25, but I would have been only wrong--again. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I've wanted to photograph this famous front walk for a >>>>> long time. >>>>> Unfortunately, the conditions were not so good: cloudy & a >>>>> constant >>>>> misty >>>>> rain. The grounds, which are lovely, were quite muddy. I had to >>>>> work >>>>> fast, >>>>> wipe the camera, work faster, wipe the camera, then work even >>>>> faster. >>>>> Still, I'm happy I got something. Sometimes you just have to >>>>> shoot in >>>>> the >>>>> conditions Mother Nature gives & make peace with this fact. >>>>> >>>>> K10D, DA* 50-135, 55mm, ISO 400, 1/13 sec & f11, tripod mounted >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Smaller >>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7082647 >>>>> >>>>> Larger >>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7082647&size=lg >>>>> >>>>> Comments/critique welcome. >>>>> Cheers, Christine >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >>>>> above and >>>>> follow >>>>> the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
