<<And as for Faulkner's writing not being
"straightforward"
-- he's at least as straightforward as Proust or Garcia
Marquez!>>
Faulkner's style is not concise, but I consider it
straightforward -- it is an oral style, or more precisely, an
idealization of a Southern oral style, in which people take
their time to do things and to tell a story. According to
friends, Faulkner talked much the way he wrote.
The same is true of Garcí¡ Má²±uez, an avowed Faulkner disciple
who after writing an instant classic, simplified his style
considerably. In his recent book of memoirs, he reaches a
remarkable stylistic classicism: nothing gets in the way of
the story and the narrator's voice is fully integrated, fully
objective (the illusion of it). You don't know if you're
readin fiction or a memoir but you believe it all.
Proust, I would not place anywhere near these two. Most of
his work puts me to sleep, partly because I have no affinity
for his characters and situations. Not his fault.
Best,
MrT
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