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"'The Bear' is a composite narrative of the initiation and inheritance of Isaac McCaslin (born in 1867), the last direct male descendant of Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin, who purchased land from the Chickasaw Indians." --A William Faulkner Encyclopedia. A version of it was published as a short story in The Saturday Evening Post on May 9, 1942. It was subsequently incorporated into the author's novel Go Down, Moses (1942); but has since sometimes been published as a free-standing novella.
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William Faulkner
1,157听books10.2k听followersWilliam Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and often is considered the greatest writer of Southern literature.
Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in Oxford, Mississippi. During World War I, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, but did not serve in combat. Returning to Oxford, he attended the University of Mississippi for three semesters before dropping out. He moved to New Orleans, where he wrote his first novel Soldiers' Pay (1925). He went back to Oxford and wrote Sartoris (1927), his first work set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. In 1929, he published The Sound and the Fury. The following year, he wrote As I Lay Dying. Later that decade, he wrote Light in August, Absalom, Absalom! and The Wild Palms. He also worked as a screenwriter, contributing to Howard Hawks's To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep, adapted from Raymond Chandler's novel. The former film, adapted from Ernest Hemingway's novel, is the only film with contributions by two Nobel laureates.
Faulkner's reputation grew following publication of Malcolm Cowley's The Portable Faulkner, and he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his powerful and unique contribution to the modern American novel." He is the only Mississippi-born Nobel laureate. Two of his works, A Fable (1954) and The Reivers (1962), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Faulkner died from a heart attack on July 6, 1962, following a fall from his horse the month before. Ralph Ellison called him "the greatest artist the South has produced".
Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in Oxford, Mississippi. During World War I, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, but did not serve in combat. Returning to Oxford, he attended the University of Mississippi for three semesters before dropping out. He moved to New Orleans, where he wrote his first novel Soldiers' Pay (1925). He went back to Oxford and wrote Sartoris (1927), his first work set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. In 1929, he published The Sound and the Fury. The following year, he wrote As I Lay Dying. Later that decade, he wrote Light in August, Absalom, Absalom! and The Wild Palms. He also worked as a screenwriter, contributing to Howard Hawks's To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep, adapted from Raymond Chandler's novel. The former film, adapted from Ernest Hemingway's novel, is the only film with contributions by two Nobel laureates.
Faulkner's reputation grew following publication of Malcolm Cowley's The Portable Faulkner, and he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his powerful and unique contribution to the modern American novel." He is the only Mississippi-born Nobel laureate. Two of his works, A Fable (1954) and The Reivers (1962), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Faulkner died from a heart attack on July 6, 1962, following a fall from his horse the month before. Ralph Ellison called him "the greatest artist the South has produced".
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"袦械写胁械写褜" 胁褏芯写懈褌 胁 袡芯泻薪邪锌邪褌芯褎褋泻褍褞 褋邪谐褍, 懈, 泻邪泻 斜芯谢褜褕懈薪褋褌胁芯 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈泄 肖芯谢泻薪械褉邪, 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 屑薪芯谐芯锌谢邪薪芯胁褘屑, 褋芯 褋谢芯卸薪芯泄 胁褉械屑械薪薪芯泄 褋褌褉褍泻褌褍褉芯泄.
袝褋谢懈 锌械褉胁褘械 褌褉懈 褔邪褋褌懈 锌芯褋胁褟褖械薪褘 薪械锌芯褋褉械写褋褌胁械薪薪芯 芯褏芯褌械, 邪, 胁械褉薪械械, 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁褍 屑邪褌械褉芯谐芯 屑械写胁械写褟, 褍 泻芯褌芯褉芯谐芯 懈 懈屑褟 斜褘谢芯, 写芯褋褌芯泄薪芯械 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 - 小褌邪褉褘泄 袘械薪, 褌芯 锌芯褋谢械写薪褟褟 褔邪褋褌褜 - 锌芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈械 褍卸械 锌芯胁蟹褉芯褋谢械胁褕懈屑 袗泄蟹械泻芯屑 屑懈褉邪, 胁 械谐芯 械写懈薪褋褌胁械 卸懈蟹薪懈 懈 褋屑械褉褌懈.
袦械写胁械写褜 褌邪泻 褋懈谢械薪, 褍屑褢薪 懈 褏懈褌褢褉, 褔褌芯 谢褞写懈 械蟹写懈谢懈 薪邪 芯褏芯褌褍, 写邪卸械 薪械 褉邪褋褋褔懈褌褘胁邪褟 械谐芯 褍斜懈褌褜. 袝蟹写懈谢懈, 泻邪泻 薪邪 褋胁懈写邪薪懈械. 袦械写胁械写褜 - 褝褌芯 锌褉懈褉芯写邪, 械械 屑芯褖褜, 泻褉邪褋芯褌邪 懈 薪械芯斜褍蟹写邪薪薪芯褋褌褜. 小褝屑 肖邪蟹械褉褋, 褋褘薪 褔械褉薪芯泄 褉邪斜褘薪懈 懈 胁芯卸写褟 锌谢械屑械薪懈 褔懈泻械褋芯, 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 褌芯泄 褋懈谢芯泄, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 屑芯卸械褌 褍锌褉邪胁谢褟褌褜 锌褉懈褉芯写芯泄 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯, 蟹薪邪褟 械械, 褍胁邪卸邪褟 械械 蟹邪泻芯薪褘, 褋芯褏褉邪薪懈胁 褋胁褟蟹褜 褋 薪械泄, 懈 芯褌薪芯褋褟褖械泄褋褟 泻 薪械泄, 泻邪泻 懈褋褌芯褔薪懈泻褍 胁械谢懈泻芯泄 褋懈谢褘, 薪械锌芯褋褌懈卸懈屑芯泄 懈 薪械芯写芯谢懈屑芯泄. 袩芯写褉芯斜薪芯 芯锌懈褋褘胁邪械褌褋褟 锌褍褌懈 褋褌邪薪芯胁谢械薪懈褟 袗泄泻邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 褋 写械褋褟褌懈谢械褌薪械谐芯 胁芯蟹褉邪褋褌邪 锌褉懈芯斜褖邪械褌褋褟 泻 芯褏芯褌薪懈褔褜懈屑 褌邪泄薪邪屑, 蟹薪邪薪懈褟屑 懈 褍屑械薪懈褟屑 懈 写褉械胁薪懈泄 芯斜褉褟写 懈薪懈褑懈邪褑懈懈, 锌褍褌械屑 锌芯屑邪蟹邪薪懈褟 谢懈褑邪 褋胁械卸械泄 泻褉芯胁褜褞 褍斜懈褌芯谐芯 芯谢械薪褟. 袗泄蟹械泻 褟胁薪芯 斜褘谢 懈蟹斜褉邪薪 小褝屑芯屑 薪邪 锌褉械械屑褋褌胁芯.
袙芯褌 谢褞写懈 蟹邪谐芯胁芯褉懈谢懈, 褔褌芯 屑械写胁械写褜 褍 泻芯谐芯 泻邪泻褍褞 褋泻芯褌懈薪褍 蟹邪写褉邪谢, 泻邪泻 锌褉懈褔懈薪邪 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褋褌懈 械谐芯 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁邪, 薪芯 小褝屑 蟹薪邪械褌, 斜械蟹 褋芯斜邪泻懈 - 薪械 邪斜褘 泻邪泻芯泄, 邪 写芯褋褌芯泄薪芯泄 褝褌芯谐芯 屑械写胁械写褟 - 薪械 褋锌褉邪胁懈褌褜褋褟. 孝褍褌 胁芯谢械褞 褋谢褍褔邪褟, 薪邪褏芯写褟褌 袥褜胁邪 - 写懈泻褍褞 褋芯斜邪泻褍, 褋 芯褌谢懈褔邪褞褖械泄 褋懈薪褜褞 褕械褉褋褌褜褞, 锌芯写 褋褌邪褌褜 屑械写胁械写褞, 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪褍褞 蟹邪谐褉褘蟹褌褜 泻芯薪褟. 袦械写胁械写褜 懈 褋芯斜邪泻邪 锌芯谐懈斜谢懈 薪邪 芯褏芯褌械. 校屑械褉 懈 小褝屑. 袙褋械 褌褉芯械 斜褘谢懈 "斜械蟹 懈蟹褗褟薪邪 懈 锌芯褉芯泻邪".
小屑械褉褌褜 小褝屑邪 锌芯褋谢械 芯褏芯褌褘, 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪 胁褉芯写械 薪械 锌芯谢褍褔懈谢 薪懈泻邪泻懈褏 褉邪薪械薪懈泄, 邪 褍屑械褉 锌褉芯褋褌芯, 褍锌邪胁 薪懈褔泻芯屑 薪邪 蟹械屑谢褞, 懈 写芯泻褌芯褉 薪械 薪邪褕械谢 褍 薪械谐芯 薪懈褔械谐芯, 褍屑械褉 芯褌褌芯谐芯, 褔褌芯 锌褉芯褕械谢 褋胁芯泄 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪褘泄 锌褍褌褜, 懈 褌芯谢褜泻芯 袗泄蟹械泻 锌芯薪褟谢, 褔褌芯 小褝屑褍 斜芯谢褜褕械 薪械 卸懈褌褜 - 褋懈屑胁芯谢懈蟹懈褉褍械褌 蟹邪胁械褉褕械薪薪芯褋褌褜 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪芯谐芯 褑懈泻谢邪, 胁褘锌芯谢薪械薪薪芯褋褌褜 屑懈褋褋懈懈 懈 斜械褋褋屑械褉褌懈械 锌褉懈褉芯写褘.
"...薪懈 小褝屑, 薪懈 袥械胁 薪械 屑械褉褌胁褘, 薪械 褋泻芯胁邪薪薪芯 锌芯褔懈褞褌 芯薪懈 锌芯写 蟹械屑谢械泄, 邪 褋胁芯斜芯写薪芯 写胁懈卸褍褌褋褟 胁 薪械泄, 褋 薪械泄, 胁褏芯写褟 薪械懈褋褔懈褋谢懈屑芯 写褉芯斜薪芯泄, 薪芯 薪械锌芯谐懈斜褕械泄 褔邪褋褌懈褑械泄 胁 谢懈褋褌 懈 胁械褌泻褍, 锌褉懈褋褍褌褋褌胁褍褟 胁 胁芯蟹写褍褏械 懈 褋芯谢薪褑械, 胁 写芯卸写械 懈 褉芯褋械, 胁 卸械谢褍写械, 写褍斜械 懈 褋薪芯胁邪 卸械谢褍写械, 胁 褉邪褋褋胁械褌械, 蟹邪泻邪褌械 懈 褋薪芯胁邪 褉邪褋褋胁械褌械, 斜械褋褋屑械褉褌薪褘械 懈 褑械谢芯褋褌薪褘械 胁 褋胁芯械泄 薪械懈褋褔懈褋谢懈屑芯泄 写褉芯斜薪芯褋褌懈 鈥� 懈 小褌邪褉褘泄 袘械薪, 小褌邪褉褘泄 袘械薪 褌芯卸械!".
袧械褋屑芯褌褉褟 薪邪 谐谢褍斜芯泻懈泄 褋屑褘褋谢 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟, 薪械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 芯褋谢邪斜谢械薪薪褘泄 锌芯斜械写芯泄 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 薪邪写 锌褉懈褉芯写芯泄, 懈 薪械褋屑芯褌褉褟 薪邪 褌芯, 褔褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 胁械谢懈泻懈褏 锌懈褋邪褌械谢械泄 锌懈褋邪谢懈 芯斜 芯褏芯褌械, 芯褌 孝褍褉谐械薪械胁邪 写芯 啸械屑懈薪谐褍褝褟, 芯褌 袛卸械泻邪 袥芯薪写芯薪邪 写芯 褌芯谢褜泻芯 褔褌芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪芯泄 屑薪芯泄 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯泄 泻薪懈谐械 袥褍懈褋邪 小械锌褍谢褜胁械写褘, 芯褏芯褌邪 - 薪械 械褋褌褜 褌邪 褌械屑邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褍褞 褋 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪褘褏 锌芯蟹懈褑懈泄 屑芯卸薪芯 芯写芯斜褉懈褌褜. 袙 褝褌芯屑 泻芯薪泻褉械褌薪芯屑 褋谢褍褔邪械, 泄芯泻薪邪锌邪褌芯褎褑褘 芯斜芯褋薪芯胁褘胁邪褞褌 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褋褌褜 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁邪 屑械写胁械写褟 褍褖械褉斜芯屑 褋泻芯褌褍. 小褔懈褌邪械褌褋褟, 褔褌芯 褝褌芯 芯锌褉邪胁写褘胁邪械褌 写械泄褋褌胁懈褟. 袙芯褌 胁 屑芯械泄 褋褌褉邪薪械, 褋械泄褔邪褋 锌芯 卸邪谢芯斜邪屑 褎械褉屑械褉芯胁 胁 蟹邪锌邪写薪褘褏 芯斜谢邪褋褌褟褏, 褔褌芯 锌芯褋械胁褘 锌芯械写邪褞褌褋褟 懈 胁褘褌邪锌褌褘胁邪褞褌褋褟, 褏芯褌褟褌 褉邪蟹褉械褕懈褌褜 芯褏芯褌褍 薪邪 褋邪泄谐邪泻芯胁, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 械褖褢 薪械写邪胁薪芯 屑邪褋褋芯胁芯 褍屑懈褉邪谢懈 芯褌 懈薪褎械泻褑懈懈. 携 褋褔懈褌邪褞, 褔褌芯 芯褏芯褌邪 屑芯卸械褌 斜褘褌褜 芯斜芯褋薪芯胁邪薪薪芯泄 褌芯谢褜泻芯 写谢褟 芯写薪芯谐芯 褋谢褍褔邪褟 - 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪邪 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪芯泄 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褋褌褜褞, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉, 械褋谢懈 谢褞写懈 芯斜懈褌邪褞褌 胁 褌邪泻芯泄 褋褉械写械, 谐写械 芯薪懈 屑芯谐褍褌 锌褉芯泻芯褉屑懈褌褜褋褟 褌芯谢褜泻芯 芯褏芯褌芯泄. 孝邪泻懈褏 屑械褋褌 薪邪 蟹械屑谢械 薪械屑薪芯谐芯 - 褝褌芯 袣褉邪泄薪懈泄 小械胁械褉, 褝褌芯 谢械褋邪 袗屑邪蟹芯薪懈懈, 薪褍 屑芯卸械褌 械褖褢 薪械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 屑械褋褌.
袙芯 胁褋械褏 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪褘褏 褋谢褍褔邪褟褏, 锌褉懈褔懈薪褘 薪邪写褍屑邪薪薪褘, 懈, 褋泻芯褉械械, 芯褌薪芯褋褟褌褋褟 泻 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈懈 薪邪褋褌褍锌谢械薪懈褟 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 薪邪 褋褉械写褍 芯斜懈褌邪薪懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌薪褘褏.
袝褋谢懈 锌械褉胁褘械 褌褉懈 褔邪褋褌懈 锌芯褋胁褟褖械薪褘 薪械锌芯褋褉械写褋褌胁械薪薪芯 芯褏芯褌械, 邪, 胁械褉薪械械, 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁褍 屑邪褌械褉芯谐芯 屑械写胁械写褟, 褍 泻芯褌芯褉芯谐芯 懈 懈屑褟 斜褘谢芯, 写芯褋褌芯泄薪芯械 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 - 小褌邪褉褘泄 袘械薪, 褌芯 锌芯褋谢械写薪褟褟 褔邪褋褌褜 - 锌芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈械 褍卸械 锌芯胁蟹褉芯褋谢械胁褕懈屑 袗泄蟹械泻芯屑 屑懈褉邪, 胁 械谐芯 械写懈薪褋褌胁械 卸懈蟹薪懈 懈 褋屑械褉褌懈.
袦械写胁械写褜 褌邪泻 褋懈谢械薪, 褍屑褢薪 懈 褏懈褌褢褉, 褔褌芯 谢褞写懈 械蟹写懈谢懈 薪邪 芯褏芯褌褍, 写邪卸械 薪械 褉邪褋褋褔懈褌褘胁邪褟 械谐芯 褍斜懈褌褜. 袝蟹写懈谢懈, 泻邪泻 薪邪 褋胁懈写邪薪懈械. 袦械写胁械写褜 - 褝褌芯 锌褉懈褉芯写邪, 械械 屑芯褖褜, 泻褉邪褋芯褌邪 懈 薪械芯斜褍蟹写邪薪薪芯褋褌褜. 小褝屑 肖邪蟹械褉褋, 褋褘薪 褔械褉薪芯泄 褉邪斜褘薪懈 懈 胁芯卸写褟 锌谢械屑械薪懈 褔懈泻械褋芯, 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 褌芯泄 褋懈谢芯泄, 泻芯褌芯褉邪褟 屑芯卸械褌 褍锌褉邪胁谢褟褌褜 锌褉懈褉芯写芯泄 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯, 蟹薪邪褟 械械, 褍胁邪卸邪褟 械械 蟹邪泻芯薪褘, 褋芯褏褉邪薪懈胁 褋胁褟蟹褜 褋 薪械泄, 懈 芯褌薪芯褋褟褖械泄褋褟 泻 薪械泄, 泻邪泻 懈褋褌芯褔薪懈泻褍 胁械谢懈泻芯泄 褋懈谢褘, 薪械锌芯褋褌懈卸懈屑芯泄 懈 薪械芯写芯谢懈屑芯泄. 袩芯写褉芯斜薪芯 芯锌懈褋褘胁邪械褌褋褟 锌褍褌懈 褋褌邪薪芯胁谢械薪懈褟 袗泄泻邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 褋 写械褋褟褌懈谢械褌薪械谐芯 胁芯蟹褉邪褋褌邪 锌褉懈芯斜褖邪械褌褋褟 泻 芯褏芯褌薪懈褔褜懈屑 褌邪泄薪邪屑, 蟹薪邪薪懈褟屑 懈 褍屑械薪懈褟屑 懈 写褉械胁薪懈泄 芯斜褉褟写 懈薪懈褑懈邪褑懈懈, 锌褍褌械屑 锌芯屑邪蟹邪薪懈褟 谢懈褑邪 褋胁械卸械泄 泻褉芯胁褜褞 褍斜懈褌芯谐芯 芯谢械薪褟. 袗泄蟹械泻 褟胁薪芯 斜褘谢 懈蟹斜褉邪薪 小褝屑芯屑 薪邪 锌褉械械屑褋褌胁芯.
袙芯褌 谢褞写懈 蟹邪谐芯胁芯褉懈谢懈, 褔褌芯 屑械写胁械写褜 褍 泻芯谐芯 泻邪泻褍褞 褋泻芯褌懈薪褍 蟹邪写褉邪谢, 泻邪泻 锌褉懈褔懈薪邪 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褋褌懈 械谐芯 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁邪, 薪芯 小褝屑 蟹薪邪械褌, 斜械蟹 褋芯斜邪泻懈 - 薪械 邪斜褘 泻邪泻芯泄, 邪 写芯褋褌芯泄薪芯泄 褝褌芯谐芯 屑械写胁械写褟 - 薪械 褋锌褉邪胁懈褌褜褋褟. 孝褍褌 胁芯谢械褞 褋谢褍褔邪褟, 薪邪褏芯写褟褌 袥褜胁邪 - 写懈泻褍褞 褋芯斜邪泻褍, 褋 芯褌谢懈褔邪褞褖械泄 褋懈薪褜褞 褕械褉褋褌褜褞, 锌芯写 褋褌邪褌褜 屑械写胁械写褞, 褋锌芯褋芯斜薪褍褞 蟹邪谐褉褘蟹褌褜 泻芯薪褟. 袦械写胁械写褜 懈 褋芯斜邪泻邪 锌芯谐懈斜谢懈 薪邪 芯褏芯褌械. 校屑械褉 懈 小褝屑. 袙褋械 褌褉芯械 斜褘谢懈 "斜械蟹 懈蟹褗褟薪邪 懈 锌芯褉芯泻邪".
小屑械褉褌褜 小褝屑邪 锌芯褋谢械 芯褏芯褌褘, 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪 胁褉芯写械 薪械 锌芯谢褍褔懈谢 薪懈泻邪泻懈褏 褉邪薪械薪懈泄, 邪 褍屑械褉 锌褉芯褋褌芯, 褍锌邪胁 薪懈褔泻芯屑 薪邪 蟹械屑谢褞, 懈 写芯泻褌芯褉 薪械 薪邪褕械谢 褍 薪械谐芯 薪懈褔械谐芯, 褍屑械褉 芯褌褌芯谐芯, 褔褌芯 锌褉芯褕械谢 褋胁芯泄 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪褘泄 锌褍褌褜, 懈 褌芯谢褜泻芯 袗泄蟹械泻 锌芯薪褟谢, 褔褌芯 小褝屑褍 斜芯谢褜褕械 薪械 卸懈褌褜 - 褋懈屑胁芯谢懈蟹懈褉褍械褌 蟹邪胁械褉褕械薪薪芯褋褌褜 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪芯谐芯 褑懈泻谢邪, 胁褘锌芯谢薪械薪薪芯褋褌褜 屑懈褋褋懈懈 懈 斜械褋褋屑械褉褌懈械 锌褉懈褉芯写褘.
"...薪懈 小褝屑, 薪懈 袥械胁 薪械 屑械褉褌胁褘, 薪械 褋泻芯胁邪薪薪芯 锌芯褔懈褞褌 芯薪懈 锌芯写 蟹械屑谢械泄, 邪 褋胁芯斜芯写薪芯 写胁懈卸褍褌褋褟 胁 薪械泄, 褋 薪械泄, 胁褏芯写褟 薪械懈褋褔懈褋谢懈屑芯 写褉芯斜薪芯泄, 薪芯 薪械锌芯谐懈斜褕械泄 褔邪褋褌懈褑械泄 胁 谢懈褋褌 懈 胁械褌泻褍, 锌褉懈褋褍褌褋褌胁褍褟 胁 胁芯蟹写褍褏械 懈 褋芯谢薪褑械, 胁 写芯卸写械 懈 褉芯褋械, 胁 卸械谢褍写械, 写褍斜械 懈 褋薪芯胁邪 卸械谢褍写械, 胁 褉邪褋褋胁械褌械, 蟹邪泻邪褌械 懈 褋薪芯胁邪 褉邪褋褋胁械褌械, 斜械褋褋屑械褉褌薪褘械 懈 褑械谢芯褋褌薪褘械 胁 褋胁芯械泄 薪械懈褋褔懈褋谢懈屑芯泄 写褉芯斜薪芯褋褌懈 鈥� 懈 小褌邪褉褘泄 袘械薪, 小褌邪褉褘泄 袘械薪 褌芯卸械!".
袧械褋屑芯褌褉褟 薪邪 谐谢褍斜芯泻懈泄 褋屑褘褋谢 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟, 薪械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 芯褋谢邪斜谢械薪薪褘泄 锌芯斜械写芯泄 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 薪邪写 锌褉懈褉芯写芯泄, 懈 薪械褋屑芯褌褉褟 薪邪 褌芯, 褔褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 胁械谢懈泻懈褏 锌懈褋邪褌械谢械泄 锌懈褋邪谢懈 芯斜 芯褏芯褌械, 芯褌 孝褍褉谐械薪械胁邪 写芯 啸械屑懈薪谐褍褝褟, 芯褌 袛卸械泻邪 袥芯薪写芯薪邪 写芯 褌芯谢褜泻芯 褔褌芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪芯泄 屑薪芯泄 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯泄 泻薪懈谐械 袥褍懈褋邪 小械锌褍谢褜胁械写褘, 芯褏芯褌邪 - 薪械 械褋褌褜 褌邪 褌械屑邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褍褞 褋 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪褘褏 锌芯蟹懈褑懈泄 屑芯卸薪芯 芯写芯斜褉懈褌褜. 袙 褝褌芯屑 泻芯薪泻褉械褌薪芯屑 褋谢褍褔邪械, 泄芯泻薪邪锌邪褌芯褎褑褘 芯斜芯褋薪芯胁褘胁邪褞褌 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褋褌褜 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁邪 屑械写胁械写褟 褍褖械褉斜芯屑 褋泻芯褌褍. 小褔懈褌邪械褌褋褟, 褔褌芯 褝褌芯 芯锌褉邪胁写褘胁邪械褌 写械泄褋褌胁懈褟. 袙芯褌 胁 屑芯械泄 褋褌褉邪薪械, 褋械泄褔邪褋 锌芯 卸邪谢芯斜邪屑 褎械褉屑械褉芯胁 胁 蟹邪锌邪写薪褘褏 芯斜谢邪褋褌褟褏, 褔褌芯 锌芯褋械胁褘 锌芯械写邪褞褌褋褟 懈 胁褘褌邪锌褌褘胁邪褞褌褋褟, 褏芯褌褟褌 褉邪蟹褉械褕懈褌褜 芯褏芯褌褍 薪邪 褋邪泄谐邪泻芯胁, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 械褖褢 薪械写邪胁薪芯 屑邪褋褋芯胁芯 褍屑懈褉邪谢懈 芯褌 懈薪褎械泻褑懈懈. 携 褋褔懈褌邪褞, 褔褌芯 芯褏芯褌邪 屑芯卸械褌 斜褘褌褜 芯斜芯褋薪芯胁邪薪薪芯泄 褌芯谢褜泻芯 写谢褟 芯写薪芯谐芯 褋谢褍褔邪褟 - 泻芯谐写邪 芯薪邪 褟胁谢褟械褌褋褟 卸懈蟹薪械薪薪芯泄 薪械芯斜褏芯写懈屑芯褋褌褜褞, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉, 械褋谢懈 谢褞写懈 芯斜懈褌邪褞褌 胁 褌邪泻芯泄 褋褉械写械, 谐写械 芯薪懈 屑芯谐褍褌 锌褉芯泻芯褉屑懈褌褜褋褟 褌芯谢褜泻芯 芯褏芯褌芯泄. 孝邪泻懈褏 屑械褋褌 薪邪 蟹械屑谢械 薪械屑薪芯谐芯 - 褝褌芯 袣褉邪泄薪懈泄 小械胁械褉, 褝褌芯 谢械褋邪 袗屑邪蟹芯薪懈懈, 薪褍 屑芯卸械褌 械褖褢 薪械褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 屑械褋褌.
袙芯 胁褋械褏 芯褋褌邪谢褜薪褘褏 褋谢褍褔邪褟褏, 锌褉懈褔懈薪褘 薪邪写褍屑邪薪薪褘, 懈, 褋泻芯褉械械, 芯褌薪芯褋褟褌褋褟 泻 泻邪褌械谐芯褉懈懈 薪邪褋褌褍锌谢械薪懈褟 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪 薪邪 褋褉械写褍 芯斜懈褌邪薪懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌薪褘褏.
August 21, 2023
[Note: Apparently there are several versions of this story. I read a free online very short one (), not listed on 欧宝娱乐. Distilled, perhaps.]
It looked and towered in his dreams before he even saw the unaxed woods where it left its crooked print, shaggy, huge, red-eyed, not malevolent but just big--too big for the dogs which tried to bay it, for the horses which tried to ride it down, for the men and the bullets they fired into it, too big for the very country which was its constricting scope.
Now THAT was a story. A boy鈥檚 introduction to hunting, to wildness, to the meaning of bravery.
I鈥檓 someone who abhors the idea of hunting, but the treatment of it here was so rich, so full of tradition and respect for nature, that it was beautiful, even to me.
I read the third paragraph three times, stunned by how gorgeous it was. I鈥檝e been impressed by the Faulkner novels I鈥檝e read so far, but this story raises him to a new level for me. When I finished, I just wanted to read and re-read it; to contemplate the genius of it, foolishly hoping to discover how on earth he did it.
It looked and towered in his dreams before he even saw the unaxed woods where it left its crooked print, shaggy, huge, red-eyed, not malevolent but just big--too big for the dogs which tried to bay it, for the horses which tried to ride it down, for the men and the bullets they fired into it, too big for the very country which was its constricting scope.
Now THAT was a story. A boy鈥檚 introduction to hunting, to wildness, to the meaning of bravery.
I鈥檓 someone who abhors the idea of hunting, but the treatment of it here was so rich, so full of tradition and respect for nature, that it was beautiful, even to me.
I read the third paragraph three times, stunned by how gorgeous it was. I鈥檝e been impressed by the Faulkner novels I鈥檝e read so far, but this story raises him to a new level for me. When I finished, I just wanted to read and re-read it; to contemplate the genius of it, foolishly hoping to discover how on earth he did it.
August 6, 2024
螖蔚谓 蟽蠀纬魏喂谓蔚委蟽伪喂, 蟽蔚 蟻蠅蟿维谓蔚, 蠈蟿伪谓 未喂伪尾维味蔚喂蟼 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪; 螖蔚谓 未伪魏蟻蠉味蔚喂蟼; 危蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 蠈蠂喂, 伪蟺伪谓蟿蠋. 危魏苇蠁蟿慰渭伪喂, 蟺伪蟻伪蟿畏蟻蠋. 螝伪喂 渭蔚蟿维 伪谓慰委纬蠅 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻蠋蟿蔚蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 渭喂伪蟼 渭喂魏蟻萎蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 桅蠋魏谓蔚蟻, 渭蔚 蟿委蟿位慰 螚 伪蟻魏慰蠉未伪. 螖蔚谓 蟺蟻慰位伪尾伪委谓蠅 谓伪 蟽魏蔚蠁蟿蠋 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪, 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 苇蠂蠅 魏伪谓 伪谓维蟽伪. 螘委谓伪喂 蠈位伪 蔚魏蔚委, 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 渭慰蠀, 蟿蠈蟽慰 伪纬谓维 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰位伪蠀蟽蟿喂魏维. 螖畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬委伪 未委蠂蠅蟼 魏蠈蟺慰, 渭伪纬蔚委伪 未委蠂蠅蟼 蠈蟻喂伪, 蟿苇蟿慰喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽尾萎谓蔚喂 蠈蟽伪 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蠅蟼 伪谓维尉喂伪 位蠈纬慰蠀, 伪蠁慰蠉 蔚未蠋 魏蟻蠉尾蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蟿苇蠂谓畏 魏伪喂 畏 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 蠈位伪 蠈蟽伪 胃伪 萎胃蔚位伪 谓伪 蔚委渭伪喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 nunc et semper...
December 11, 2021
A strange and difficult story from a true master of literature.
December 6, 2021
I think I read this long ago (and quickly 鈥� for graduate exams) as part of Go Down, Moses, but it feels almost entirely new to me. And new Faulkner can be bewildering, in both good and bad ways.
There鈥檚 definitely more good than the other. For starters, this gives us a compelling character, one of the most sympathetic in all of Faulkner. Carothers McCaslin is (or was, since we meet him only in memory) one of the generation of General Compson and Thomas Sutpen, the semi-legendary men who carved plantations out of the forest and thought nothing of enslaving humans.
Isaac 鈥淚ke鈥� McCaslin is his grandson, and he feels the stain of that legacy. Unlike the plebian Colonel Sartoris 鈥淪arty鈥� Snopes, he doesn鈥檛 simply run from the world 鈥� nor does he succumb to the pressure of its history like Quentin Compson. Instead, he determines to set things as right as he can make them.
In the first half of this, we see him tutored in the ways of the wilderness by Sam Fathers, a mixed Native and African-American ex-slave. From Sam, he learns to value the vanishing wilderness, a wilderness symbolized by the mythic great bear, Ben.
In the second half, Ike documents his grandfather鈥檚 rape 鈥� he doesn鈥檛 use the word, but he understands it as such 鈥� of a slave who was, on top of everything else, his biological daughter. That鈥檚 a lot to live with even for a Faulkner character, so Carothers pledges a $1000 bequest to Tennie and her descendants. Ike determines to find and repay each of them. In a similar vein, he refuses his inheritance of what鈥檚 left of the McCaslin farm. He still loves the wilderness 鈥� he sees it as raped in different fashion by the men of that primal generation 鈥� but he cannot bring himself to believe that anyone can truly own it.
In the end, Ike is almost a quasi-religious figure. He鈥檚 Uncle Ike to half the county, and he is a living link to the forests that have been turned into timber farms. He wants to atone for the evils of his ancestors, but he鈥檚 not sure he can.
As such, Ike is a powerful character to be examining in this moment when the concept of white privilege is so much in the air. He鈥檚 someone who sacrifices his inheritance and, as a consequence, his opportunity to have a family, in the name of compensating the victims of his ancestors鈥� greed. He tries to deny his privilege, and it鈥檚 not clear to what effect.
For all that ambition, this is a clear cut below the great Faulkner work. I am intrigued by the way he uses Carother鈥檚 鈥� and his sons鈥� 鈥� ledgers to re-examine the history that many have forgotten. As someone hoping to construct a story around the information I have learned from a pile of obscure records, I鈥檓 wrestling with the same narrative challenge.
The results, here, are mixed. I like reading the excerpts we get from the ledgers, but Faulkner is asking a great deal of us as readers to sort through different names and spellings and then to make sense of how they鈥檙e all connected. The Sound and the Fury is a lot of work, too, but that is work that takes us into the minds of our protagonists. This is work that tasks us with sorting between texts. As a consequence, I don鈥檛 feel I know Ike as fully as I鈥檇 like, though there is a strong argument in which we get to hear his voice and that compensates somewhat.
There鈥檚 also the mechanical problem that the two great halves of this feel different. The first four chapters and the sixth have one tone, and I understand they were written years earlier. The lengthy fifth chapter seems in a rush to squeeze in generational history. (That鈥檚 a feature of the beginning of Requiem for a Nun, a hurried recap of a slice of Yoknapatawpha history that he hasn鈥檛 had the chance to write elsewhere.) I get the impression that, a little Sutpen-like, Faulkner was beginning to worry that he might not live long enough to complete his design.
Still, there鈥檚 an undeniable power to this, and I think it works better than Spotted Horses, a novella from the same artificially assembled collection. It takes a lot of work as a reader to bring Ike into focus 鈥� work on par with bringing Benjy and Quentin into focus in The Sound and the Fury 鈥� and I think the effort is ultimately worth it.
Second-tier Faulkner can also be magnificent work, and this certainly is. I鈥檒l get back to the full Go Down, Moses before long, and I look forward to seeing how it fits into that whole.
There鈥檚 definitely more good than the other. For starters, this gives us a compelling character, one of the most sympathetic in all of Faulkner. Carothers McCaslin is (or was, since we meet him only in memory) one of the generation of General Compson and Thomas Sutpen, the semi-legendary men who carved plantations out of the forest and thought nothing of enslaving humans.
Isaac 鈥淚ke鈥� McCaslin is his grandson, and he feels the stain of that legacy. Unlike the plebian Colonel Sartoris 鈥淪arty鈥� Snopes, he doesn鈥檛 simply run from the world 鈥� nor does he succumb to the pressure of its history like Quentin Compson. Instead, he determines to set things as right as he can make them.
In the first half of this, we see him tutored in the ways of the wilderness by Sam Fathers, a mixed Native and African-American ex-slave. From Sam, he learns to value the vanishing wilderness, a wilderness symbolized by the mythic great bear, Ben.
In the second half, Ike documents his grandfather鈥檚 rape 鈥� he doesn鈥檛 use the word, but he understands it as such 鈥� of a slave who was, on top of everything else, his biological daughter. That鈥檚 a lot to live with even for a Faulkner character, so Carothers pledges a $1000 bequest to Tennie and her descendants. Ike determines to find and repay each of them. In a similar vein, he refuses his inheritance of what鈥檚 left of the McCaslin farm. He still loves the wilderness 鈥� he sees it as raped in different fashion by the men of that primal generation 鈥� but he cannot bring himself to believe that anyone can truly own it.
In the end, Ike is almost a quasi-religious figure. He鈥檚 Uncle Ike to half the county, and he is a living link to the forests that have been turned into timber farms. He wants to atone for the evils of his ancestors, but he鈥檚 not sure he can.
As such, Ike is a powerful character to be examining in this moment when the concept of white privilege is so much in the air. He鈥檚 someone who sacrifices his inheritance and, as a consequence, his opportunity to have a family, in the name of compensating the victims of his ancestors鈥� greed. He tries to deny his privilege, and it鈥檚 not clear to what effect.
For all that ambition, this is a clear cut below the great Faulkner work. I am intrigued by the way he uses Carother鈥檚 鈥� and his sons鈥� 鈥� ledgers to re-examine the history that many have forgotten. As someone hoping to construct a story around the information I have learned from a pile of obscure records, I鈥檓 wrestling with the same narrative challenge.
The results, here, are mixed. I like reading the excerpts we get from the ledgers, but Faulkner is asking a great deal of us as readers to sort through different names and spellings and then to make sense of how they鈥檙e all connected. The Sound and the Fury is a lot of work, too, but that is work that takes us into the minds of our protagonists. This is work that tasks us with sorting between texts. As a consequence, I don鈥檛 feel I know Ike as fully as I鈥檇 like, though there is a strong argument in which we get to hear his voice and that compensates somewhat.
There鈥檚 also the mechanical problem that the two great halves of this feel different. The first four chapters and the sixth have one tone, and I understand they were written years earlier. The lengthy fifth chapter seems in a rush to squeeze in generational history. (That鈥檚 a feature of the beginning of Requiem for a Nun, a hurried recap of a slice of Yoknapatawpha history that he hasn鈥檛 had the chance to write elsewhere.) I get the impression that, a little Sutpen-like, Faulkner was beginning to worry that he might not live long enough to complete his design.
Still, there鈥檚 an undeniable power to this, and I think it works better than Spotted Horses, a novella from the same artificially assembled collection. It takes a lot of work as a reader to bring Ike into focus 鈥� work on par with bringing Benjy and Quentin into focus in The Sound and the Fury 鈥� and I think the effort is ultimately worth it.
Second-tier Faulkner can also be magnificent work, and this certainly is. I鈥檒l get back to the full Go Down, Moses before long, and I look forward to seeing how it fits into that whole.
March 6, 2017
This 100-page story is comprised of two narratives 鈥� one is of the 4-year hunt for Old Ben, a legendary bear walking around with bullets under its skin, old and wise and smarter than the hunters and all their dogs, until Ike, the protagonist, and the mutt Lion come along. The other one, inserted like a 30-page footnote in the middle of the hunting story, is about Ike鈥檚 heritage: his parentage and their various sins and shameful deeds and his overall legacy of the South and its burdensome history; and of the land, the earth which he tries to become worthy of by repudiating his unearned ownership of it 鈥� one forced on him and marked with dishonour.
I鈥檓 sorry to say I didn鈥檛 do the story justice. I was absent-minded, I wasn鈥檛 in it, I kept counting the pages until I would be done with it. It was only at the very end that I stopped fidgeting long enough to get into the written word a little bit and noticed how gorgeous the prose was. I imagine all the rest of it 鈥� layers, meanings, intertextual and cultural references, symbolism, etc. 鈥� flew right over my head.
What I did get by my grudging engagement with the text was that it鈥檚 not just about hunting, and not just about the obvious symbolism of the bear hunt as a passage into manhood, but also about the fading laws of the land conquered and ravaged by the white man, the weight of past sins, the struggle to remain honourable when you鈥檙e the heir and inheritor of unspeakable vileness, the long path to renouncing what you鈥檝e been taught and raised to be in order to sink back into the condition nature and God intended for you. It鈥檚 an emphatically spiritual story.
Perhaps some day, when I鈥檓 old and solitary and instead of spending all my time online I鈥檇 spend it with nature, I鈥檒l read it again and really read it that time.
I鈥檓 sorry to say I didn鈥檛 do the story justice. I was absent-minded, I wasn鈥檛 in it, I kept counting the pages until I would be done with it. It was only at the very end that I stopped fidgeting long enough to get into the written word a little bit and noticed how gorgeous the prose was. I imagine all the rest of it 鈥� layers, meanings, intertextual and cultural references, symbolism, etc. 鈥� flew right over my head.
What I did get by my grudging engagement with the text was that it鈥檚 not just about hunting, and not just about the obvious symbolism of the bear hunt as a passage into manhood, but also about the fading laws of the land conquered and ravaged by the white man, the weight of past sins, the struggle to remain honourable when you鈥檙e the heir and inheritor of unspeakable vileness, the long path to renouncing what you鈥檝e been taught and raised to be in order to sink back into the condition nature and God intended for you. It鈥檚 an emphatically spiritual story.
Perhaps some day, when I鈥檓 old and solitary and instead of spending all my time online I鈥檇 spend it with nature, I鈥檒l read it again and really read it that time.
August 17, 2023
In hunting and fishing culture, The Big One is honored as much as sought. If the Big One gets killed, fishing and hunting parties will be less excited. Sighting the Big One as group is good. Sighting the Big One with gun or hook at the ready, but still somehow not catching it is puzzling to the novice, such as our teenaged boy here.
All humans and their cultures are imperfect yet there is also something grand in them all. Here is the acknowledged connection being the hunter and hunted & the hunted and hunter. There is more, such as the poem and lesson the father gives the boy, but to describe in words misses the heart energy, the respect and reverence.
All humans and their cultures are imperfect yet there is also something grand in them all. Here is the acknowledged connection being the hunter and hunted & the hunted and hunter. There is more, such as the poem and lesson the father gives the boy, but to describe in words misses the heart energy, the respect and reverence.
October 26, 2019
禺乇爻/ 賵蹖賱蹖丕賲 賮丕讴賳乇/20
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 乇賵禺賵賳丿賲 鬲丕 亘鬲賵賳賲 亘丕 爻亘讴 賳賵卮鬲賳卮 丕卮賳丕 亘卮賲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 丕夭卮 乇賵 卮乇賵毓 讴賳賲.
賳賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 蹖丕 亘丿 亘蹖卮鬲乇 蹖賴 丨丕賱鬲 賳爻亘蹖 丿丕卮鬲.
亘賴 賳馗乇賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿丕卮鬲 丿乇亘丕乇賴 鬲爻賱胤 氐丨亘鬲 賲蹖讴乇丿 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘禺賵丕蹖 蹖讴 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇賵 賲丕賱 禺賵丿鬲 讴賳蹖 賵 賳卮賴 趩賵賳 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖 丕賵賳 丨賯蹖賯鬲 丕夭 鬲賵 毓賲蹖賯 鬲乇賴 賴乇 趩賯丿乇 賴賲 鬲賵 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 亘丕卮蹖 蹖讴爻乇蹖 丨賯丕蹖賯 丕诏乇 禺賵丿卮賵賳 亘禺賵丕賳 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賲睾賱賵亘 鬲賵 賳賲蹖卮賳 賴賲賵賳 胤賵乇 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿:" 賵 丕賵 賴乇诏夭 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 倬跇賲乇丿賴 卮賵 诏乇趩賴 鬲賵 爻毓丕丿鬲 禺賵丿 乇丕 賳蹖丕賮鬲蹖 鬲賵 鬲丕 丕亘丿 毓丕卮賯 禺賵丕賴蹖 亘賵丿 賵 丕賵 鬲丕 丕亘丿 夭蹖亘丕 禺賵丕賴丿 賲丕賳丿."
賲蹖卮賴 禺乇爻 乇賵 賳賲丕丿蹖 丕夭 禺蹖賱蹖 趩蹖夭 賴丕 丿賵賳爻鬲 賲孬賱 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲 賴丕貙賮乇賴賳诏貙 丕氐丕賱鬲貙 胤亘蹖毓鬲貙 鬲噩乇亘賴 爻賳 賵...
丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 亘賴 丨乇賮 亘卮賴 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘乇丿 賵賱蹖 丿乇 毓賲賱 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲丕貙 蹖毓賳蹖 亘卮乇蹖鬲 倬蹖乇賵夭 賳蹖爻鬲蹖賲.
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 乇賵禺賵賳丿賲 鬲丕 亘鬲賵賳賲 亘丕 爻亘讴 賳賵卮鬲賳卮 丕卮賳丕 亘卮賲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 丕夭卮 乇賵 卮乇賵毓 讴賳賲.
賳賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 蹖丕 亘丿 亘蹖卮鬲乇 蹖賴 丨丕賱鬲 賳爻亘蹖 丿丕卮鬲.
亘賴 賳馗乇賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿丕卮鬲 丿乇亘丕乇賴 鬲爻賱胤 氐丨亘鬲 賲蹖讴乇丿 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘禺賵丕蹖 蹖讴 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇賵 賲丕賱 禺賵丿鬲 讴賳蹖 賵 賳卮賴 趩賵賳 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖 丕賵賳 丨賯蹖賯鬲 丕夭 鬲賵 毓賲蹖賯 鬲乇賴 賴乇 趩賯丿乇 賴賲 鬲賵 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 亘丕卮蹖 蹖讴爻乇蹖 丨賯丕蹖賯 丕诏乇 禺賵丿卮賵賳 亘禺賵丕賳 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賲睾賱賵亘 鬲賵 賳賲蹖卮賳 賴賲賵賳 胤賵乇 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 诏賮鬲賴 亘賵丿:" 賵 丕賵 賴乇诏夭 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 倬跇賲乇丿賴 卮賵 诏乇趩賴 鬲賵 爻毓丕丿鬲 禺賵丿 乇丕 賳蹖丕賮鬲蹖 鬲賵 鬲丕 丕亘丿 毓丕卮賯 禺賵丕賴蹖 亘賵丿 賵 丕賵 鬲丕 丕亘丿 夭蹖亘丕 禺賵丕賴丿 賲丕賳丿."
賲蹖卮賴 禺乇爻 乇賵 賳賲丕丿蹖 丕夭 禺蹖賱蹖 趩蹖夭 賴丕 丿賵賳爻鬲 賲孬賱 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲 賴丕貙賮乇賴賳诏貙 丕氐丕賱鬲貙 胤亘蹖毓鬲貙 鬲噩乇亘賴 爻賳 賵...
丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 亘賴 丨乇賮 亘卮賴 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘乇丿 賵賱蹖 丿乇 毓賲賱 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲丕貙 蹖毓賳蹖 亘卮乇蹖鬲 倬蹖乇賵夭 賳蹖爻鬲蹖賲.
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December 12, 2014
Conoc铆 a Faulkner en la facultad cuando curse literatura norteamericana: le铆 "Intruso en el polvo" y algunos cuentos. En ese momento me gust贸 much铆simo pero no tuve oportunidad de leer nada m谩s de 茅l. Investigando un poco -no tanto, en esta 茅poca no es demasiado dif铆cil- le铆 que Faulkner era, junto a Joyce, uno de los maestros del monologo interno y de los que llevaban al m谩ximo la cuesti贸n del "fluir de la consciencia". Con lo poco que hab铆a le铆do de Faulkner, no pod铆a afirmar esto; pero, ahora, luego de leer este relato, no me cabe ninguna duda que est谩 al mismo nivel de demencia narrativa que Joyce.
Este peque帽o relato es sublime y est谩 repleto de temas muy "faulknerianos": la posesi贸n de las tierras, las cuestiones raciales -esclavitud-, el incesto y los lazos familiares "corruptos"; todos son tem谩ticas muy propias del genio sure帽o. Todo se desarrolla en los bosques del ficticio condado de Yoknapatawpha y la historia comienza hilvan谩ndose a trav茅s del temerario, inmortal y sabio Old Ben, el oso que nunca pod铆a ser cazado; el oso inmortal. Pero esto queda casi relegado cuando llegamos al cuarto cap铆tulo, donde Faulkner muestra todo su delirio narrativo y nos empapa de sus reflexiones acerca de la posesi贸n de la tierra, Dios, los ancestros, la esclavitud y otras tantas cosas m谩s que se me perdieron en el desquiciado fluir de la consciencia. Necesitar铆a al menos una relectura del cuarto cap铆tulo para comprender muchas m谩s cosas que se me escaparon.
Este peque帽o relato es sublime y est谩 repleto de temas muy "faulknerianos": la posesi贸n de las tierras, las cuestiones raciales -esclavitud-, el incesto y los lazos familiares "corruptos"; todos son tem谩ticas muy propias del genio sure帽o. Todo se desarrolla en los bosques del ficticio condado de Yoknapatawpha y la historia comienza hilvan谩ndose a trav茅s del temerario, inmortal y sabio Old Ben, el oso que nunca pod铆a ser cazado; el oso inmortal. Pero esto queda casi relegado cuando llegamos al cuarto cap铆tulo, donde Faulkner muestra todo su delirio narrativo y nos empapa de sus reflexiones acerca de la posesi贸n de la tierra, Dios, los ancestros, la esclavitud y otras tantas cosas m谩s que se me perdieron en el desquiciado fluir de la consciencia. Necesitar铆a al menos una relectura del cuarto cap铆tulo para comprender muchas m谩s cosas que se me escaparon.
November 23, 2015
Leyendo este extenso relato he sufrido desagradables flash-backs de los peores momentos de 隆Absalom, Absalom!. Los primeros tres cap铆tulos los encuentro interesantes, pero tras el cuarto me parece ilegible. Es despu茅s de dejar atr谩s los hechos de la cacer铆a y centrarse en una herencia que aparece el Faulkner que prefiere aparentar grandeza por encima de escribir algo grande. A toda costa se ha de notar que est谩 haciendo algo muy, muy complicado y por eso, por capricho, las frases se extienden a lo largo de varias p谩ginas, las digresiones son abundantes, arbitrarias y aburridas y la p谩tina b铆blica del tono es de lo m谩s empachosa. No encuentro una finalidad a todo ese circo de alta literatura. Prefiero al de 'Luz de Agosto', d贸nde pone sus cualidades al servicio del relato y no al rev茅s.
Ese Faulkner abstruso y pretencioso tambi茅n aparece en la mencionada 隆Absalom, Absalom!, sin embargo, si en esa novela puede concederle el beneficio de la duda dado que pude asimilarlo a grandes rasgos, eso no ocurre en El oso, d贸nde no estoy seguro de lo que ocurre ni a qui茅n. Cuanto menos me ha sido 煤til de cara a comprender que jam谩s he de leer Desciende, Mois茅s ni ning煤n otro de sus libros con referencias b铆blicas en el t铆tulo.
April 22, 2014
Read for English Literature 101, SPU, 1980 - my first college course. I will NEVER FORGET Dr. Fanny Gates reading excerpts for the class - with her enthusiasm for this author and this particular work, her fabulous sensibility, and her amazing Deep South accent - unforgettable perfection! (I can even remember how gorgeously she enunciated the word "literature". The things we take from college - and the things we don't: I confess to recalling very little of the book!)
May 1, 2018
鈥淕o Down, Moses鈥� ad谋yla 1942鈥檇e yay谋nlanan ve birbirleriyle alakal谋 yedi hikayeden olu艧an 枚yk眉 kitab谋n谋n (roman diyenler de var) en uzun hikayesi asl谋nda 鈥淭he Bear鈥�, fakat 枚yle 眉nleniyor ve 枚v眉l眉yor ki sonralar谋 鈥榥ovella鈥� olarak tek ba艧谋na da bas谋l谋yor. Faulkner鈥櫮眓 en iyi eseri oldu臒unu iddia edenlerden tutun da ekokritik edebiyat谋n ba艧 tac谋 oldu臒unu s枚yleyenlere kadar hakk谋nda bir莽ok denen 艧ey var. 脰vg眉ye de臒er mi konu艧madan 枚nce kitapta neler oldu臒una bakarsak:
(Spoiler i莽eriyor.)
En genel tabiriyle bir av-avc谋 hikayesi bu, Koca Ben isimli orman谋n en g眉莽l眉s眉 bir ay谋 var ve karakterimiz Isaac鈥檌n 10 ya艧谋ndan itibaren i莽inde bulundu臒u avc谋lar i莽in adeta bir 枚l眉m kal谋m meselesine d枚n眉艧m眉艧 durumda Koca Ben. Her y谋l谋n kas谋m ay谋nda toplan谋p ormana yaln谋zca Koca Ben鈥檌 avlamaya gidiyorlar ve bu art谋k onlar谋n dini bir rit眉eli haline gelmi艧 gibi. Kitab谋n ba艧lar谋nda Isaac ya艧谋 k眉莽眉k oldu臒u i莽in hen眉z ay谋y谋 avlamaya gidemiyor fakat geri gelmelerini beklerkenki d眉艧眉nceleri kitab谋n ana temas谋n谋 olu艧turuyor: Herkesin ay谋n谋n 枚l眉ml眉 oldu臒unu ummas谋na ra臒men i莽ten i莽e 枚l眉ms眉z oldu臒una inand谋臒谋n谋, yine ay谋y谋 枚ld眉remeden geleceklerini, zaten kimsenin bunu istemedi臒ini, ormana yaln谋zca y谋ll谋k t枚renlerini tamamlamaya gitti臒ini d眉艧眉n眉yor. Gidi艧lerini tam olarak 艧u s枚zlerle tan谋ml谋yor Isaac-Faulkner: 鈥淜oca ay谋n谋n 枚fkeli 枚l眉ms眉zl眉臒眉ne yap谋lan y谋ll谋k t枚ren-tap谋nma.鈥� Bu 艧ekilde y谋llar ge莽iyor ve Isaac bu t枚rene kat谋lacak ya艧a geliyor. Y谋llar谋n verdi臒i yaralanlamalar ve yorgunluk ile ay谋 art谋k eskisi kadar g眉莽l眉 de臒il ve ger莽ekten de bir g眉n ay谋ya bana g枚re hikayenin en 枚nemli ikinci karakteri Boon 枚ld眉r眉c眉 darbeyi vuruyor. Fakat kitab谋n 鈥渄oruk noktas谋鈥� gibi g枚z眉ken bu sahnesi hi莽 beklendi臒i gibi ger莽ekle艧miyor, sessiz ve sakince, sanki bir 艧eyler yanl谋艧m谋艧 gibi. Ard谋ndan Isaac daha da b眉y眉yor, kitab谋n sonlar谋na do臒ru b眉t眉n c眉mlelerin, eylemlerin, noktalama i艧aretlerinin kar谋艧t谋臒谋 bir b枚l眉mde kitab谋n manas谋n谋 ortaya 莽谋karan toprak ve insan d眉艧眉ncelerini okuyoruz Faulkner鈥檇an. Kitap ay谋y谋 枚ld眉ren Boon鈥檜n Isaac鈥檃 ormandaki sincaplar谋 ellememesi i莽in ba臒谋r谋艧谋yla sonlan谋yor.
Burada elbette muazzam bir alegori var. Ay谋 枚l眉ms眉z, yenilmez nitelikleriyle do臒ay谋 sembolize ediyor, avc谋lar谋m谋z ise do臒an谋n avc谋s谋 olan insanl谋臒谋. Do臒ay谋 kontrol etme iste臒i insano臒lunun, 枚yle bir hal al谋yor ki g眉d眉lerin 枚n眉ne ge莽iyor ve insan谋 kontrol etmeye ba艧l谋yor. Fakat nihayetinde bunu ba艧ard谋klar谋nda ortaya 莽谋kan sonu莽 pek de iyi olmuyor, verilen onca kay谋p ve 眉z眉nt眉ler ki艧iyi d眉艧眉ncelere sevk ediyor. Isaac burada bana g枚re bir peygamber g枚revi g枚r眉yor, her 艧eye tan谋kl谋k etmi艧, 莽谋karlar谋 ve hatalar谋 g枚rm眉艧, olgun de臒ilken ses 莽谋karamam谋艧 olanlara fakat olgunla艧t谋臒谋nda d眉艧眉ncelerini, herkese kar艧谋 olarak, ortaya koymu艧, toprak ve k枚le sahipli臒ini kesin olarak reddeden, dini simgeleyen bir karakter. 陌nsan谋 Tanr谋鈥檔谋n kendi varl谋臒谋n谋 d眉nyada temsil etsin diye yaratt谋臒谋n谋 s枚yl眉yor, topra臒a ve di臒er insanlara sahip olsun diye de臒il. Ve istemiyor ona kalan miras谋, onun istedi臒i orman谋 son bir kez g枚rmek yaln谋zca, 枚z眉r dilemek i莽in de臒il belki ama, h眉zn眉n眉 g枚stermek i莽in en az谋ndan. Fakat de臒i艧tiremiyor hi莽bir 艧eyi elbette, bunu da b眉y眉k bir ustal谋kla g枚z眉m眉ze 莽arp谋t谋yor Faulkner Boon karakteri ile. Hani 艧u ay谋y谋 枚ld眉ren, do臒ay谋 kontrol etmeyi ba艧aranlar var ya! Bir kere alm谋艧 bunun tad谋n谋, g枚z眉 d枚nm眉艧 bu noktadan sonra, Isaac鈥檃 ba臒谋r谋yor, defolmas谋n谋 s枚yl眉yor bu ormandan: 鈥淏irine bile dokunamazs谋n! Benim onlar!鈥�
(Spoiler bitiyor.)
Tan谋mlamam gerekirse bu kitab谋, 鈥榞眉zel bir sanat eseri鈥� derim. Sade, 莽arp谋c谋, binlerce sayfal谋k kitaplara e艧de臒er ve olmas谋 gerekti臒i kadar zor ve en 枚nemlisi kitaplar谋n b眉y眉k 莽o臒unlu臒unun aksine bir sanat eseri. Faulkner鈥檃 艧apka 莽谋karmak gerekiyor ger莽ekten. 陌yinin k枚t眉n眉n d谋艧谋nda, edebiyat nas谋l yap谋l谋r g枚steriyor herkese.
August 31, 2023
I know that Faulkner has a special way with words, I just don't care for his way. I hope others enjoyed this one.
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December 4, 2014丕賳丕 丨丕賵賱鬲 賲丕夭賴賯卮貙 賲毓乇賮鬲卮貙 賴匕丕 賮乇丕賯 賷丕 賮賵賰賳乇.
February 24, 2025
Sadly not about Chicago chefs :(
Skimmed in 2 days for the class discussion, did a close read to write the essay and wow Faulkner, I was not familiar with your game! The antithesis of every other coming-of-age story. Prompts a lot of good questions about man鈥檚 relationship with physical and human nature in the setting of 1880s deep South. For further complexity, analyze through the lens of race and the color line like I鈥檓 currently trying to do (writing this review to avoid drafting my essay outline on this)
Skimmed in 2 days for the class discussion, did a close read to write the essay and wow Faulkner, I was not familiar with your game! The antithesis of every other coming-of-age story. Prompts a lot of good questions about man鈥檚 relationship with physical and human nature in the setting of 1880s deep South. For further complexity, analyze through the lens of race and the color line like I鈥檓 currently trying to do (writing this review to avoid drafting my essay outline on this)
October 28, 2012
this story remind me "the old man and the sea" in both stories there is a goal. in this story different people are united for one reason. we feel life and nature from this story and I think one of the idea is eternity as well, when at the end of the story it is said that Seam and Loma are not dead, they lived in nature in leaves and so on
November 18, 2015
"脡l us贸 la sangre que hab铆a llevado el mal para destruir el mal; lo mismo que los m茅dicos provocaron la fiebre para quitar la fiebre ,el veneno para matar el veneno"
January 10, 2021
2,5 estrellas, en realidad.
Para nada relato corto (como cre铆 en un principio) y s铆 denso, inescrutable, complejo y desalentador de ser seguido... No sabiendo a qu茅 vida est谩 narrando ni qui茅n es abuelo, padre o hermano de qu茅 McCaslin ni si es siquiera ya McCaslin; muchas veces tambi茅n insinuando lo que a un personaje le ocurre (pero a saber si le ocurre eso y no otra cosa o si le ocurre acaso 1/3 de lo que t煤 te imaginas que le pasa...). No obstante, me ha encantado el estilo de narrar, la forma de expresar.
Sinceramente, no habr铆a le铆do este libro jam谩s de haber sabido la complejidad del cap铆tulo 4, en concreto (parad贸jicamente, el cap铆tulo que contiene frases que me han encantado) y de todo el libro en general. Y al mismo tiempo me enganchaba, ha sido raro.
Faulkner se pierde en contar los lazos familiares inentendibles (al menos para m铆, aunque lo hubiera releido 8 veces...) y adem谩s te los cuenta en el cap铆tulo 4 (por qu茅, no lo s茅) y no en el 1 (donde ah铆 te habla del oso, que se supone que es como el colof贸n de la historia, su final y met谩fora); de modo que para m铆 ha sido como empezar un poco una peli por la mitad y llegar al final y luego terminarla por el principio, pero eso ha sido lo de menos.
Lo de m谩s, las horas invertidas en el fkngrelato corto :)
Y al menos merece un poco la pena, en menos de un 50% por frases como...
*Y sabiendo todo lo que hab铆a que saber sobre la guerra excepto el machacamiento y su brutal estupidez...
*Esta hablando de la verdad. La verdad es una. No cambia. Abarca todas las cosas del coraz贸n: honor y orgullo y piedad y justicia y valor y amor [...] Todo trata del coraz贸n, y lo que el coraz贸n mantiene se convierte en verdad, seg煤n lo que conocemos por verdad.
*Podr铆a decir que no s茅 por qu茅 debo hacerlo pero que s茅 que tengo que hacerlo porque debo vivir conmigo durante el resto de mi vida y todo lo que quiero es vivir en paz.
*Que si la verdad es una cosa para m铆 y otra para ti, 驴c贸mo haremos para elegir lo que es la verdad? T煤 no necesitas elegir. El coraz贸n ya lo sabe.
*[...] y ellos poseer铆an durante su breve momento aquella breve e inconsciente felicidad que por su misma naturaleza no puede durar y que por esto es felicidad.
*[...] no sujetados en la tierra, hoja y rama y part铆cula, aire y sol y lluvia y roc铆o y noche, bellota y hoja y bellota de nuevo, oscuridad y amanecer y oscuridad y amanecer de nuevo en su constante sucesi贸n [...] luego el largo desaf铆o y la larga caza, ning煤n coraz贸n para ser forzado y maltratado, ninguna carne para ser macerada y herida.
Para nada relato corto (como cre铆 en un principio) y s铆 denso, inescrutable, complejo y desalentador de ser seguido... No sabiendo a qu茅 vida est谩 narrando ni qui茅n es abuelo, padre o hermano de qu茅 McCaslin ni si es siquiera ya McCaslin; muchas veces tambi茅n insinuando lo que a un personaje le ocurre (pero a saber si le ocurre eso y no otra cosa o si le ocurre acaso 1/3 de lo que t煤 te imaginas que le pasa...). No obstante, me ha encantado el estilo de narrar, la forma de expresar.
Sinceramente, no habr铆a le铆do este libro jam谩s de haber sabido la complejidad del cap铆tulo 4, en concreto (parad贸jicamente, el cap铆tulo que contiene frases que me han encantado) y de todo el libro en general. Y al mismo tiempo me enganchaba, ha sido raro.
Faulkner se pierde en contar los lazos familiares inentendibles (al menos para m铆, aunque lo hubiera releido 8 veces...) y adem谩s te los cuenta en el cap铆tulo 4 (por qu茅, no lo s茅) y no en el 1 (donde ah铆 te habla del oso, que se supone que es como el colof贸n de la historia, su final y met谩fora); de modo que para m铆 ha sido como empezar un poco una peli por la mitad y llegar al final y luego terminarla por el principio, pero eso ha sido lo de menos.
Lo de m谩s, las horas invertidas en el fkngrelato corto :)
Y al menos merece un poco la pena, en menos de un 50% por frases como...
*Y sabiendo todo lo que hab铆a que saber sobre la guerra excepto el machacamiento y su brutal estupidez...
*Esta hablando de la verdad. La verdad es una. No cambia. Abarca todas las cosas del coraz贸n: honor y orgullo y piedad y justicia y valor y amor [...] Todo trata del coraz贸n, y lo que el coraz贸n mantiene se convierte en verdad, seg煤n lo que conocemos por verdad.
*Podr铆a decir que no s茅 por qu茅 debo hacerlo pero que s茅 que tengo que hacerlo porque debo vivir conmigo durante el resto de mi vida y todo lo que quiero es vivir en paz.
*Que si la verdad es una cosa para m铆 y otra para ti, 驴c贸mo haremos para elegir lo que es la verdad? T煤 no necesitas elegir. El coraz贸n ya lo sabe.
*[...] y ellos poseer铆an durante su breve momento aquella breve e inconsciente felicidad que por su misma naturaleza no puede durar y que por esto es felicidad.
*[...] no sujetados en la tierra, hoja y rama y part铆cula, aire y sol y lluvia y roc铆o y noche, bellota y hoja y bellota de nuevo, oscuridad y amanecer y oscuridad y amanecer de nuevo en su constante sucesi贸n [...] luego el largo desaf铆o y la larga caza, ning煤n coraz贸n para ser forzado y maltratado, ninguna carne para ser macerada y herida.
August 17, 2024
Back to back reading 未蠉慰 蠁慰蟻苇蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟽蠀蟽蟿萎谓蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 渭伪苇蟽蟿蟻慰 桅蠋魏谓蔚蟻 螠喂伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蠂伪蟻维 蟿畏蟼 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蠂伪蟻维 蟿畏蟼 伪蟺蠈位伪蠀蟽畏蟼
August 22, 2018
La narrativa de Faulkner es exquisita y el uso de los recursos literarios impecable. Su prosa es abrumadoramente compleja aunque su estilo es po茅tico y conmovedor. Es uno de esos autores que ganan en voz alta.
A pesar de ello (o a su causa) la profundidad de su historia me ha resultado inalcanzable en un momento en el que necesitaba leer (como anuncia su sinopsis) un relato corto (nada m谩s lejos de la realidad).
Ans铆o encontrarme de nuevo con este autor en otro momento y con otras de sus obras.
A pesar de ello (o a su causa) la profundidad de su historia me ha resultado inalcanzable en un momento en el que necesitaba leer (como anuncia su sinopsis) un relato corto (nada m谩s lejos de la realidad).
Ans铆o encontrarme de nuevo con este autor en otro momento y con otras de sus obras.
May 2, 2022
i wish to never read william faulkner again.
March 14, 2025
Faulkner鈥檚 short novel begins with a bear hunt and expands into much wider areas of human activity The book breaks into two parts; the first covers the 10 to 16 year old life of a boy, Isaac McCaslin who goes on hunts for a huge bear, called Old Ben who roams the area. The bear is cunning and seems invincible to attempts to corner and shoot him. The second part explores the feelings of a mature McCaslin after the bear is finally killed.
For the young Isaac, the ongoing pursuit of the bear instills in him a knowledge and a kind of salute to the bear and the wilderness that it inhabits. When the hunters drink the evening before a hunt for Old Ben, it鈥檚 as if they were imbibing 鈥渟ome condensation of the wild immortal spirit. . . hope of acquiring the virtues of cunning and strength and speed鈥� that the bear possessed, and at one point Isaac felt he was witnessing his own symbolic birth in an unconscious imitation of the traits of the bear. He is mentored in this activity by an wise old Indian, Sam Fathers.
The bear is finally run down and killed, and it鈥檚 the end of Isaac鈥檚 youth. Much later in the story, Isaac's father reads to him Keats鈥� 鈥淥de on a Grecian Urn鈥� with these words emphasized, 听"She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, / For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair."听 Even though Keats鈥� poem is about a woman, it seems applicable to what the bear represented to McCaslin. It is the force of nature, powerful and everlasting.听 听Neither the boy, nor the hunters, nor the Indian Sam Father are as capable as the immensity and force of nature.听 McCaslin understands this and when his father reads Keats to him, the bear, as a force of nature becomes beauty and truth.
The strength of the novel is that he specific hunting of an animal grows into a metaphor for an ideal life, one that never materialized.听 听There is a long historical account about the land originally being sold by the Indians to Isaac's grandparents. The land should have remained free but the Indians were听 tricked and seduced by money.听 The听 notion of "owning" something spread from land to human beings and slavery became accepted.听 Isaac resisted all听 of this听 as much as he could, but in the end the is a voice crying in the wilderness, and the refusal of the South to give up its corrupted values (property and slaves) led to the tragedy of the Civil War.
As the novel ends, the woods, once Old Ben's domain is being logged and cleaned, and when Isaac goes there, he finds a mad old man with a broken gun trying to hunt squirrels. A long way from the beginning noble hunt for the bear.
For the young Isaac, the ongoing pursuit of the bear instills in him a knowledge and a kind of salute to the bear and the wilderness that it inhabits. When the hunters drink the evening before a hunt for Old Ben, it鈥檚 as if they were imbibing 鈥渟ome condensation of the wild immortal spirit. . . hope of acquiring the virtues of cunning and strength and speed鈥� that the bear possessed, and at one point Isaac felt he was witnessing his own symbolic birth in an unconscious imitation of the traits of the bear. He is mentored in this activity by an wise old Indian, Sam Fathers.
The bear is finally run down and killed, and it鈥檚 the end of Isaac鈥檚 youth. Much later in the story, Isaac's father reads to him Keats鈥� 鈥淥de on a Grecian Urn鈥� with these words emphasized, 听"She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, / For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair."听 Even though Keats鈥� poem is about a woman, it seems applicable to what the bear represented to McCaslin. It is the force of nature, powerful and everlasting.听 听Neither the boy, nor the hunters, nor the Indian Sam Father are as capable as the immensity and force of nature.听 McCaslin understands this and when his father reads Keats to him, the bear, as a force of nature becomes beauty and truth.
The strength of the novel is that he specific hunting of an animal grows into a metaphor for an ideal life, one that never materialized.听 听There is a long historical account about the land originally being sold by the Indians to Isaac's grandparents. The land should have remained free but the Indians were听 tricked and seduced by money.听 The听 notion of "owning" something spread from land to human beings and slavery became accepted.听 Isaac resisted all听 of this听 as much as he could, but in the end the is a voice crying in the wilderness, and the refusal of the South to give up its corrupted values (property and slaves) led to the tragedy of the Civil War.
As the novel ends, the woods, once Old Ben's domain is being logged and cleaned, and when Isaac goes there, he finds a mad old man with a broken gun trying to hunt squirrels. A long way from the beginning noble hunt for the bear.
March 3, 2025
Meh. Had about six killer sentences and as many paragraphs worth reading. Sorry Faulky.
September 12, 2018
Se supone que la cacer铆a del oso "Old Ben" viene a ser el objetivo principal de la novela. Y en ese aspecto, el autor nos demuestra todas sus habilidades en la primera mitad del libro. El problema viene por si concluyes el objetivo del libro a la mitad, desanimas al lector a seguir leyendo. M谩s a煤n cuando te dedicas a narrar las historias personales de los cazadores que poco o nada interesan. Aunque al final, agregas con calzador la cacer铆a de un "nuevo" oso joven, parece tan forzada que no se justifica. Si la intenci贸n de Faulkner era contar la vida de los cazadores debi贸 hacerla en la primera parte. Y en todo caso, que la supuesta cacer铆a exitosa del oso "Old Ben", no fuera as铆. De manera que reci茅n al final, resulte que el oso a煤n estaba vivo y coleando. Por tales razones, esta novela se me atraganta despu茅s de la muerte del oso.
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March 14, 2011Bueno, estoy un poco sin palabras. No estaba disponible en audio, as铆 que hice que Fernando me lo leyera, aun as铆, una preciosidad de lectura.
Est谩 TAN BIEN escrito este peque帽o relato que nada m谩s empezar quieres que no se acabe nunca y llegar al final en tres segundo.
Aqu铆 no hay una forma dif铆cil de escribir, ni nada que no se entienda, s铆 que hay mucha informaci贸n muy destilada y condensada. La b煤squeda de un animal ancestral que vive en un mundo quelos hombres (sin nombre) est谩n cercenando y que se convierte en la verdad.
Una dimensi贸n de La Verdad que casi no me cabe dentro, que creo que pocas veces he entendido tan bien como en este cuento.
Para releer.
Est谩 TAN BIEN escrito este peque帽o relato que nada m谩s empezar quieres que no se acabe nunca y llegar al final en tres segundo.
Aqu铆 no hay una forma dif铆cil de escribir, ni nada que no se entienda, s铆 que hay mucha informaci贸n muy destilada y condensada. La b煤squeda de un animal ancestral que vive en un mundo quelos hombres (sin nombre) est谩n cercenando y que se convierte en la verdad.
Una dimensi贸n de La Verdad que casi no me cabe dentro, que creo que pocas veces he entendido tan bien como en este cuento.
Para releer.
March 20, 2017
"That if truth is one thing to me and another thing to you, how will we choose which is truth? You don't need to choose. The heart already knows."
July 8, 2018
Parts are so boring and disjointed with a stupid ending
June 6, 2023
A short coming of age story.
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