Faulkner, was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Night Watch

[Carrol Cox]

The claim Joanna makes below re Faulkner hit me as a bit extravagant; in
fact it drove me back to rereading Faulkner, and spending $75 for two of
the Library of America volumes, to have the best text. I thought I would
have to reread at least three or four of his novels to be able to
determine my response, but I've reached only page 75 of _As I Lay
Dying_, and those 75 pages alone are enough to put Faulkner in any
league you care to name.

Carrol

joanna wrote:
> 
> Brian Charles Dauth wrote:
> 
> > Dear List:
> >
> > Joanna:
> >
> >> Tolstoy and Chekhov have not yet been matched.
> >
> >
> > So nice to know that Patrick White, William Faulkner, Samuel Beckett,
> > Harold Pinter, Luigi Pirandello are also-rans.  Maybe they should have
> > (like Avis) tried harder.
> 
> Ahem. They are good fellow, but in a slightly different league.