Dec 29, 2009

As I Lay Dying | What Do I Read Next?

The Sound and the Fury (1929) is Faulkner's first extended attempt at the stream-of-consciousness narrative techniques that he successfully employs in As I Lay Dying. Both novels also concern familial relationships and include penetrating psychological portraits. Many critics note similarities between Quentin Compson and Darl as well as the idiot Benjy Compson and young Vardaman.

Faulkner's The Hamlet (1940) is the first in a trilogy of novels that...