The sound and the fury corrected text6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Included also is the Appendix that Faulkner wrote for The Portable Faulkner in 1946, which he called the “key to the whole book. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Featuring a new Foreword by Marilynne Robinson, this edition follows the text corrected in 1984 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk and corresponds as closely as possible to the author’s original intentions. The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text. The novel reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family, doomed inhabitants of Faulkner’s mythical Yoknapatawpha County, through the interior monologues of the idiot Benjy and his brothers, Quentin and Jason. It was immediately praised for its innovative narrative technique, and comparisons were made with Joyce and Dostoyevsky, but it did not receive popular acclaim until the late forties, shortly before Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Sound and the Fury, first published in 1929, is perhaps William Faulkner’s greatest book. ![]() Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text by Faulkner, William. ![]() Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeįrom the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner-also available are Snopes, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short Stories The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text by Faulkner, William. ![]()
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Pie in the sky remy lai6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Pin in the Sky is by all accounts a debut, but it sure doesn’t feel that way. Far more common, then, are the books that look funny and then, when you least expect it, hit you in the gut with – BAM! – Pathos!! It’s not a bad way to go about things, if the writing can pull off the switch. ![]() ![]() The publishing world of the early 21st century has little tolerance for meaningless whimsy. I have a grudging respect for these books, since I think it’s a lot harder to get them published in today’s market. It can be simply amusing for the sake of amusement, making no attempt at being meaningful in any way. Now a hilarious novel for children can go one of two ways. I’m not avoiding the serious stuff, but through a series of unlikely events I found myself diving deep into funny book after funny book. Though I didn’t quite mean to, I ended up reading a whole slew of middle grade novels that were funny. This year, I stumbled into an unexpected pattern. Henry Holt and Company (an imprint of Macmillan) ![]() A superior death by nevada barr6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Written with a naturalist's feel for the wilderness and a keen understanding of characters who thrive in extreme conditions, A Superior Death is a passionate, atmospheric page-turner. But when a routine application for a diving permit reveals a grisly underwater murder, Anna finds herself 260 feet below the forbidding surface of the lake, searching for the connection between a drowned man and an age-old cargo ship. Leaving behind memories of the Texas high desert and the environmental scam she helped uncover, Anna is adjusting to the cool damp of Lake Superior and the spirits and lore of the northern Midwest. In her latest mystery, Nevada Barr sends Ranger Pigeon to a new post amid the cold, deserted, and isolated beauty of Isle Royale National Park, a remote island off the coast of Michigan known for fantastic deep-water dives of wrecked sailing vessels. Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose chilling depths sunken treasure comes with a deadly price. ![]() ![]() Read more DetailsĬhristopher Paolini was born in Southern California and lived most of his life in Paradise Valley, Montana. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and as his cousin Roran fights a new battle back home in Carvahall, Eragon is put in even graver danger. It is the journey of a lifetime, filled with awe-inspiring new places and people, each day a fresh adventure. ![]() Now Eragon must travel to Ellesméra, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders?Įragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Overnight his simple life is shattered and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. ![]() ![]() But when the stone becomes a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is a lucky discovery - perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. ![]() ![]() Introducing his autobiography, he reflected that “reminisce arises … from the number of those who meant most to you in life … When they have gone, you are a little tired, you rest on your oars, you say to yourself … ‘It is better to remember, to be sure of the good that was, rather than of the evil that is, to watch the spread and pattern of the game that is past rather than engage feebly in the present play.’” William Alexander Percy wrote his own story, published as Lanterns On The Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son just one year before he died in his hometown of Greenville in 1942. ![]() Domain menu for The Greenwood Commonwealth (main - mobile) ![]() The Long Valley by Helen Markley Miller6/20/2023 ![]() Their search for a home and reception by locals were infuriating. Even for a working class white family, trying to find a place to live in wartime Seattle was a battle in and of itself. They came from Idaho, and were stunned by Seattle’s prices. Martin Miller was a newspaper editor making a modest salary, and he and his wife were looking for a place to live. Into this mix came Martin and Helen Miller and their young son, one of many families who came to town for wartime employment. This is the second in a two-part series on the origins of the Seattle Freeze. The factories and shipyards were filled with Rosie the Riveters helping build those ships and planes for the war effort. ![]() The declaration of war after Pearl Harbor, at the end of 1941, meant rapid expansion, not least for Boeing, which was supplying B-17s to bomb the Nazis. ![]() ![]() Because the population boom could not be planned for in advance, an acute housing shortage took hold. The city was growing with a new, diverse wartime workforce, even as it expelled its Japanese and Japanese American residents. ![]() Seattle in 1942 saw itself on the front lines of the Pacific campaign. ![]() Plan b further thoughts on faith6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But this is quibbling about a book that is better than brilliant. Care for the least of God's people!" Naturally, some pieces are stronger than others-her wonderful style can come across as a bit mannered, the wrapup a bit forced. Faith is not about how we feel, she shows it is about how we live. Most of these pieces were published in other versions on, and they cover subjects as disparate as the Bush administration the death of Lamott's dog, her mother and a friend life with a teenager and with her 50-year-old thighs-yet each shows how our hearts and lives can go "from parched to overflow in the blink of an eye." What is the secret? Lamott makes us laugh at the impossibility of it all then she assures us that the most profound act we can accomplish on Earth is coming out of the isolation of our minds and giving to one another. These are dessert days." Thankfully, her gift for conveying the workings of grace to left-wing, high-strung, beleaguered people like herself is still intact, as is her ability to convey the essence of Christian faith, which she finds not in dogma but in our ability to open our hearts in the midst of our confusion and hopelessness. "On my forty-ninth birthday, I decided that all of life is hopeless, and I would eat myself to death. To hear her tell it, neither the state of the country nor the state of her nerves has improved, to say the least. , Lamott sends us 24 fresh dispatches from the frontier of her life and her Christian faith. ![]() Five years after her bestselling Traveling Mercies ![]() Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole6/20/2023 ![]() I can’t promise there won’t be any angst in the middle, but all of these books are relatively light and definitely fall into the “happily ever after” category. So, need some feel-good recs with guaranteed HEAs right about now? Check out these queer books with happy endings. I think it’s safe to say comfort and joy are things we could all use a little more of in our lives at the moment, right? And, especially for LGBTQ+ readers, going into a book knowing it’s going to have a happy ending can be really important. And that means a lot of what I’m reading is anything that brings me comfort or joy. ![]() ![]() Everybody doing okay? Hanging in there? I don’t know about you, but I’ve pretty much thrown out my usual reading goals and TBR in favor of a new technique I’m calling the “I’m Reading Whatever The Heck I Feel Like And Can Focus On Right Now, Thanks Very Much” method. ![]() Piranesi book meaning6/20/2023 ![]() I’d worried that, all these years later, Clarke might have grown timid, seeking a breather from all the grand historical world-building. But “ Piranesi,” out this week after 16 years between novels, is a little imp of a book that packs a punch several times its (relatively) meager page count. Enchantment is everywhere, and it crackles, in the tiniest drops of water and the most consequential routs in history, like Waterloo.Ĭlarke has explained that chronic fatigue syndrome kept her from embarking on another 800-plus page enterprise. He moves roads and sets brooks flowing in the wrong direction, eventually summoning a thundercloud “so full and heavy that its ragged skirts seemed to brush the tops of the trees.” The French cavalry struggles in the sucking mud, stymied by what they think is weather, though we know it is ancient magic. In one pivotal moment, Strange, the apprentice magician to Norrell, arrives in a Belgian village on behalf of the British government, turning his magic against Napoleon’s indomitable army. ![]() ![]() ![]() In “ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,” Susanna Clarke’s 2004 lightning bolt of a debut, magic spurts out of stones and fields, slips into dreams and Regency-era ballrooms, rouses dead young ladies. ![]() If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. ![]() John steinbeck's tortilla flat6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() We feel that pre-loved books exude character and evoke memories. Every book is then wrapped in recycled brown paper like the booksellers of old used to do. Books that excite us, inspire creativity, and teach us things we never knew. From London to Paris and Mexico City, we’ve picked up the best literature on our travels for your reading pleasure. Proust’s Paperbacks is a seller of vintage books, found in cities all over the world. This is a collaboration between The Vintage Jeweller and Proust’s Paperbacks. Read reviews and buy Tortilla Flat - (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by John Steinbeck (Paperback) at Target. ![]() This copy was published by Penguin in 1969.Ĭomments: As this is a vintage book, there is some damage to the spine, and to the front cover. Written by Steinbeck in 1935, Tortilla Flat’s central philosophy rejects materialism and embraces the simple things in life: wine, food and friendship, offering escapist literature for those suffering during the Great Depression. Set in Monterey, a Californian fishing port, not long after the Great War, Danny offers shelter to a band of louche and roaming fellow paisanos, men with “a mixture of Spanish, Indian, Mexican, and Caucasian bloods”. Steinbeck’s first commercially successful novel, that put him on the map as a writer to be reckoned with. ![]() |