<<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 Garcíˇ MᲱuez, 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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