just finished the sound and the fury. before that I read mason and Dixon. I have a problem. Faulkners prose was so shit Compared to M&D, I felt let down the entire time. what are some other books with amazing prose. I feel like pynchon ruined reading for me with that one book. what read?
>>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.
>>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.
