March 10, 2007
Although I am fond of Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," I abhor his Go Down, Moses collection of short stories. One of his "sentences" has thirteen or so clauses, all separated by semicolons, and it just drives me insane.
(Right about now, some professor or hardcore literature geek is rolling their eyes, muttering outloud how I'm misunderstanding how greatly he uses stream-of-consciousness, like Virginia Woolf. Note that I absolutely hated her To the Lighthouse, too.)
Posted by stephend at March 10, 2007 12:00 AM