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September 2018 New School Poll
Light in August by William Faulkner, 1932, 507 pages
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman, 1986, 296 pages
Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather, 1931, 229 pages
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang, 1991, 561 pages
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 1930, 315 pages
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Jul 21, 2018 03:34PM
I realize Swallows isn’t going to win, but does it have to be Faulkner???
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BAM wrote: "I realize Swallows isn’t going to win, but does it have to be Faulkner???"Agreed. I'm switching from Wild Swans to Maus. Because I do want to read that one too. Not sure anything can catch Faulkner though!
Faulkner does seem destined to win and I'm not a big fan either. Oh well. It's been coming in second for the last few months, so it was bound to win eventually.
Melanti wrote: "Faulkner does seem destined to win and I'm not a big fan either. Oh well. It's been coming in second for the last few months, so it was bound to win eventually."Yes, I suppose so. I hope that holds for The Return of the Soldier in the short story poll as well!
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I just listened to a Faulkner, so much easier than paper. Lol.
The Complete Maus did well, a competitive second place. I think we should give it another run sometime soon.
I am happy to be reading this Faulkner at last, almost the last of his I've yet to read. I enjoy many of his because I lived in MS as a child and my grandfather lived about 20 miles from Faulkner's home. I love reading the old expressions that my mother used and I had forgotten until I started reading his books. I haven't read this book yet, but hopefully some of you will enjoy it more than you expect. If not, try The Unvanquished or The Reivers by him, which are surprisingly humorous.
