The Reivers A Reminiscence

Thoroughly confusing

A comedy from Faulkner. Fun reading.

One of my fave books ever. Very funny. Easy to follow the story after the first 10 pages, once I got the rhythm of it.

The first love is the sweetest! Faulkner is ........... for some authors words can`t do justice.Read him and decide do you like him or not!

I read this years ago and loved it. Fast paced and comical

I don’t read Faulkner because is work is “literature” or technically challenging. I tend to pass by the most challenging pieces. I read Faulkner because I enjoy the works I read, and I enjoy them because as I read I remember treasured things which are too easy to forget. My childhood was peppered with Faulkner characters. My grandparents, their brothers and sisters, my elder cousins, the...more

I don’t read Faulkner because is work is “literature” or technically challenging. I tend to pass by the most challenging pieces. I read Faulkner because I enjoy the works I read, and I enjoy them because as I read I remember treasured things which are too easy to forget. My childhood was peppered with Faulkner characters. My grandparents, their brothers and sisters, my elder cousins, the friends they all grew up with, their peers at church: memories of these people; the depth and texture and tone of their daily lives rise up fresh and clear when I read Faulkner. These people did not order their lives by what was on television. These people knew Civil War veterans. My favorite Faulkner works are now two: “Intruder in the Dust” and “The Reivers.” It’s no coincidence that both novels have a young male protagonist whose age dovetails in with my personal memories. My advice to anyone who has been frustrated by Faulkner’s work is to read “Reivers,” where Lucius Priest retells an adventure from when he was eleven. The story is much more accessible than Faulkner’s masterpieces. It’s sometimes sniffed at or passed over by Faulkner “experts.” Bah, what do they know? “The Reivers” was Faulkner’s final novel, and it was his second work to win a Pulitzer Prize.   hide

a difficult book to read. faulker is a difficult writer to understand because his sentences are so hard to follow. i felt like i was missing much of the subtext because of the time period and region the book was set.

"The Reivers" by William Faulkner is an extremely tedious and winding read... :-( The author seems hell bent on simply showing off his mastery over language that he forgets to get along with the story in the process. How on earth did this win the 'Nobel Prize of Literature'??? The humour is extremely dry and really more annoying than is witty... Sad!!!

I'm kind of struggling with this one. It's supposed to be comedic. Supposed.