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Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses / Old Man / The Bear
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Disastrous!
A collection of stories by renowned William Faulkner with three of his most iconic novellas, or so I read somewhere. Another of those little books found in the dusty family’s bookcase.
Man I HATED this with all my heart! Faulkner may be one of the most acclaimed and accomplished classical authors of all time but dang, he’s insufferable as hell! His style of writing is one of the hardest I’ve ever sampled; absurdly florid, impossibly contrived and most of it highly inconsequential at best; with an astounding amount of indiscernible characters as well. The dude apparently hates using full stop, since his sentences can sometimes take as long as a full page with dozens of commas, semicolons, parenthesis and whatever punctuation is out there except a f*cking dot! I really tried to concentrate hard at the beginning of each story but after a few pages I just couldn’t take it anymore and started skimming like a bandit. He also uses the N word way too often, which may be very pertaining to the era it was written but still more than enough to be considerably grating after a while, and easily noticeable even skimming like crazy.
Go for the Best, consider the Good, whatever the Meh.
The Meh :
★★☆☆� “The Bear.� (view spoiler)
★★☆☆� “Old Man.� [1.5]
★☆☆☆� “Spotted Horses.�
If you already know and enjoy Faulkner “The Bear� and “Old Man� should be good I guess. The general plot of these stories was decent enough, I just couldn’t stomach the guy. There’s even a movie for “Old Man� (1997) which I may watch someday; once I can forget this god awful aftertaste.
After this outstandingly horrible experience I’d normally say I’d never EVER read Faulkner again in my life, but I would be lying since I already have his “As I Lay Dying� book which I also “borrowed� from my parent’s bookcase. And of course it would be far simpler to just surreptitiously return the book unread; but dang it I can’t help it,I’m too curious. I’m too dedicated. I’m too STUPID.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1958] [320p] [Collection] [1.5] [HIGHLY Not Recommendable]
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★★★☆� A Rose for Emily [2.5]
★☆☆☆� Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses / Old Man / The Bear [1.5]
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¡ٱٰDz!
Una colección de historias por el renombrado William Faulkner con tres de sus más icónicas novelas cortas, o eso leí en algún lado. Otro de esos pequeños libros hallados en la polvorienta estantería familiar.
¡Dios cómo ODIE esto con todo mi corazón! Faulkner puede ser uno de los más aclamados y laureados autores clásicos de todos los tiempos pero diablos, ¡es condenadamente insufrible! Su estilo de escritura es uno de los más complejos que alguna vez probé; absurdamente florido, imposiblemente artificial y la mayor parte de altamente inconsecuente cuando mucho; con una perturbadora cantidad de personajes indiscernibles también. El tipo aparentemente odia usar el punto y aparte, ya que sus oraciones a veces pueden tomar tanto como una página entera con docenas de comas, punto y comas, paréntesis y cualquier tipo de puntuación excepto un m*ldito punto. Realmente traté de concentrarme mucho al principio de cada historia pero después de unas pocas páginas simplemente no podía aguantarlo más y terminé salteando como un bandido. También usa la palabra N con demasiada frecuencia, que tal vez sea muy acorde a la época en que fue escrito pero aun así más que suficiente para ser considerablemente molesto después de pasado un rato, y fácilmente de notar incluso salteando como loco.
Ir por lo Mejor, considerar lo Bueno, loquesea lo Meh.
Lo Meh :
★★☆☆� “El Oso.� (view spoiler)
★★☆☆� “El Viejo.� [1.5]
★☆☆☆� “Caballos Manchados.�
Si ya conocés y disfrutás de Faulkner “El Oso� y “El Viejo� deberían ser buenos supongo. La trama general de estas historias fue suficientemente decente, yo simplemente no pude soportar al flaco. Incluso hay una película para “El Oso� (1997) que puede que vea algún día; cuando llegue a olvidar de este asqueroso sabor de boca.
Después de esta horrorosamente sobresaliente experiencia normalmente diría que nunca JAMAS volvería a leer a Faulkner de nuevo en mi vida, pero estaría mintiendo ya que tengo su libro “Mientras Agonizo� que también tomé “prestado� de la biblioteca de mis viejos. Y por supuesto sería mucho más fácil simplemente subrepticiamente devolver el libro sin leer; pero demonios no puedo evitarlo,soy demasiado curioso. soy demasiado dedicado. soy demasiado ESTUPIDO.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1958] [320p] [Colección] [1.5] [ALTAMENTE No Recomendable]
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A collection of stories by renowned William Faulkner with three of his most iconic novellas, or so I read somewhere. Another of those little books found in the dusty family’s bookcase.
Man I HATED this with all my heart! Faulkner may be one of the most acclaimed and accomplished classical authors of all time but dang, he’s insufferable as hell! His style of writing is one of the hardest I’ve ever sampled; absurdly florid, impossibly contrived and most of it highly inconsequential at best; with an astounding amount of indiscernible characters as well. The dude apparently hates using full stop, since his sentences can sometimes take as long as a full page with dozens of commas, semicolons, parenthesis and whatever punctuation is out there except a f*cking dot! I really tried to concentrate hard at the beginning of each story but after a few pages I just couldn’t take it anymore and started skimming like a bandit. He also uses the N word way too often, which may be very pertaining to the era it was written but still more than enough to be considerably grating after a while, and easily noticeable even skimming like crazy.
Go for the Best, consider the Good, whatever the Meh.
The Meh :
★★☆☆� “The Bear.� (view spoiler)
★★☆☆� “Old Man.� [1.5]
★☆☆☆� “Spotted Horses.�
If you already know and enjoy Faulkner “The Bear� and “Old Man� should be good I guess. The general plot of these stories was decent enough, I just couldn’t stomach the guy. There’s even a movie for “Old Man� (1997) which I may watch someday; once I can forget this god awful aftertaste.
After this outstandingly horrible experience I’d normally say I’d never EVER read Faulkner again in my life, but I would be lying since I already have his “As I Lay Dying� book which I also “borrowed� from my parent’s bookcase. And of course it would be far simpler to just surreptitiously return the book unread; but dang it I can’t help it,
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1958] [320p] [Collection] [1.5] [HIGHLY Not Recommendable]
-----------------------------------------------
★★★☆� A Rose for Emily [2.5]
★☆☆☆� Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses / Old Man / The Bear [1.5]
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¡ٱٰDz!
Una colección de historias por el renombrado William Faulkner con tres de sus más icónicas novelas cortas, o eso leí en algún lado. Otro de esos pequeños libros hallados en la polvorienta estantería familiar.
¡Dios cómo ODIE esto con todo mi corazón! Faulkner puede ser uno de los más aclamados y laureados autores clásicos de todos los tiempos pero diablos, ¡es condenadamente insufrible! Su estilo de escritura es uno de los más complejos que alguna vez probé; absurdamente florido, imposiblemente artificial y la mayor parte de altamente inconsecuente cuando mucho; con una perturbadora cantidad de personajes indiscernibles también. El tipo aparentemente odia usar el punto y aparte, ya que sus oraciones a veces pueden tomar tanto como una página entera con docenas de comas, punto y comas, paréntesis y cualquier tipo de puntuación excepto un m*ldito punto. Realmente traté de concentrarme mucho al principio de cada historia pero después de unas pocas páginas simplemente no podía aguantarlo más y terminé salteando como un bandido. También usa la palabra N con demasiada frecuencia, que tal vez sea muy acorde a la época en que fue escrito pero aun así más que suficiente para ser considerablemente molesto después de pasado un rato, y fácilmente de notar incluso salteando como loco.
Ir por lo Mejor, considerar lo Bueno, loquesea lo Meh.
Lo Meh :
★★☆☆� “El Oso.� (view spoiler)
★★☆☆� “El Viejo.� [1.5]
★☆☆☆� “Caballos Manchados.�
Si ya conocés y disfrutás de Faulkner “El Oso� y “El Viejo� deberían ser buenos supongo. La trama general de estas historias fue suficientemente decente, yo simplemente no pude soportar al flaco. Incluso hay una película para “El Oso� (1997) que puede que vea algún día; cuando llegue a olvidar de este asqueroso sabor de boca.
Después de esta horrorosamente sobresaliente experiencia normalmente diría que nunca JAMAS volvería a leer a Faulkner de nuevo en mi vida, pero estaría mintiendo ya que tengo su libro “Mientras Agonizo� que también tomé “prestado� de la biblioteca de mis viejos. Y por supuesto sería mucho más fácil simplemente subrepticiamente devolver el libro sin leer; pero demonios no puedo evitarlo,
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1958] [320p] [Colección] [1.5] [ALTAMENTE No Recomendable]
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Definitely not my cuppa, at all. Oh well. Thank you Alexandra :) !

To put it mildly Ian! I've read many classics and this one would easily rank on top of the hard to get to grips with.




Thank you Srivalli! I put it near the bottom of my physical books pile so doubt it'll be anytime soon xD


Thank you Sarah! I dread the day you have to see it with your own eyes but at least you can be prepared of what to expect :p

Lol. May he rest in

Thank you Owlette! Oh never heard about Jeanette Wintersen! Hope I never run into one of her works or my curiosity might get the better of me xD


Wish the suffering is over but I still have the other one, now at the bottom of the pile ofc xD. Thank you Shey! I'm positive it'll be better, I mean it can't get any worse than this lol.


Lol. Thank you Karen! Anytime. I live to serve :)

Lol. I wish that was the only thing with him xD

Meh guess it could be worse, dunno how but maybe he'll surprise me with the next :p


Gosh! I'm not touching another of his books until next year or later. Looking forward to the movie though. Thank you for the tip Melissa, added it to my TBW. Normally I hate spoiling a book watching the movie first but in this particular case I don't mind. F*ck Faulkner xD.


Thank you Rouh! Several dozens left at least, but gladly no more Faulkner. I checked xD.

Apologies for laughing at your suffering, but at least you spread some smiles with this review, Feddie. I hope your next read allows you to forget this mess soon. <3
PS: That cover is disastrous too!

That would be too much to ask methinks. Maybe four more like it xD. Thank you Fran :) !

Thank you Rosh! I try to make the best of it so if I can save others from it then great, and if I can make them laugh a bit then even better lol :D



Thank you Barbara! Can't I love Faulkner at all lol. I do hear some questions are better left unanswered but it's your time so I'll leave it up to you xD

Thank you Donna! I wish I was exaggerating but he really does that lol.

Oh man. Those are some ridiculously long sentences.
Honest review, Federico. Hope your next read will be better :)

Honest review, Federico. Hope your next read will be better :)"
Not kidding lol. Thank you Thibault :) !



Thank you Nora! Not a fan either. He's too... Faulkner.

Thank you for the heads up Lindsey! I remember you telling me 'A Rose for Emily' was the only time he was tolerable and I'm thinking you were absolutely right. I'm going to try "As I Lay Dying" in spanish just to see if it makes any difference at all. Anyway, he's now almost at the bottom of my physical book pile so don't worry won't have to suffer him again until a few years at least xD
