just finished the sound and the fury. before that I read mason

>>8007966
>reading Faulkner for the prose
There's your problem

>pynchon
>good prose
>>>reddit is that way senpai

>>8007972
I'm uneducated. I apologize.

>>8007973
read mason and Dixon you faggot

>>8007966
>pynchon
>any form of redeeming qualities

>>>/r/books/

>>8007981
lool fuck off.

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>>8007981
smoke this in your pipe and smoke it

>>8008014
>I can make long lists of random bits of imagery! That must mean I'm a good writer!

>>8007966
Sound and the fury isn't faulkner's best prose, definitely. For that, read Absalom, Absalom. Though, I did remember some passages in Quentin's section and the ending section that were pretty good.

>>8008019
you got me.

>>8008024
>good prose = long bad sentences
why are prose plebs so stupid

any of you "well read people" have any fucking suggestions of what to read?

>>8008040
In Search of Lost Time
Since you liked M&D, read Gravity's Rainbow
Joyce's shist
Nabokov
Pessoa
Delillo
Barth
McElroy (though it's weird, it's good)
Hawkes
Gass (a meme, but a good meme -- atleast with regards to prose)
Gene Wolfe

>>8008040
Just read William Gaddis and see the true light

>>8008049
Oh yeah, how could I fucking forget Gaddis. Yeah, read The Recognitions.

>>8008051
i started with Carpenter's Gothic and got my shit kicked in all kinds of ways

Agape Agapē is unforgettable as well

That man has no equal

>>8008054
I've only read the Recognitions, but I can say that the consistency of the prose in the book, considering its 1000 page length, is incredible. Sometimes, his prose gets a little dry, but for the most part, he's able to maintain an impressive level of poise and beauty for impressively long stretches of time.

>>8008067
Gaddis gets angrier from one book to the next


Do yourself a favor and at least read his grand finale, publushed immediately after his death, Agape Agapē

>>8007979
oh my, a mad cucknadian! Alert reddit!

>>8008014
You have shit taste for books. You have vanity above quality. You are a bad reader. You don't understand books.