tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post7808143760030222835..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 778: The Old Man / William Faulkner (Signet 692)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-2545847429161229092014-05-27T10:17:51.012-07:002014-05-27T10:17:51.012-07:00Demi:
I think the "half the writer"is w...Demi:<br /><br />I think the "half the writer"is working off this:<br /><br />Faulkner: The Old Man (3 words, 1 subject)<br /><br />Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea (6 words, 2 subjects).<br /><br />I'd sure rather be assigned in class Hemingway instead of Faulkner. On the other hand, Hemingway was always shooting his mouth off.<br /><br /><br /><br />Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237769422347289261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-42081606523874415302014-05-26T05:08:00.504-07:002014-05-26T05:08:00.504-07:00Why are those people snubbing each other and absol...Why are those people snubbing each other and absolutely everything else. Seriously, they both look like they're throwing snits.<br /><br />I don't think I'd say that Faulkner is half the writer Hemingway was. They were both pretty damn good. Sure Faulkner used fifty dollar words and his sentences went on forever (there's one in Absalom, Absalom that goes on for three pages!), but Hemingway could be just as excessive in the other direction, not to mention his refusal to use contractions and an overuse of the word "said".DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com