Warren
"For all the range of effect, philosophical weight, originality of style, variety of characterization, humor, and tragic intensity [Faulkner's works] are without equal in our time and country."
--Robert Penn Warren
Wilson
"Faulknerà belongs to the full-dressed post-Flaubert group of Conrad, Joyce, and Proust."
--Edmund Wilson
Ellison
"For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must return to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics."
--Ralph Ellison
FEB 96 - AudioFile
Nine hours of deep Southern hatred. Nine hours of betrayals, brutal violence and evil. Nine hours of Faulkner read masterfully by Dick Hill is time well spent. Hill envelops the prose with a Southern accent and voices to match the sinister goings-on. Even his female voices sound convincing. But this version has even more. It’s a rare instance when the narration and tone of an audiobook are equal to a listener’s imagined experience with a text. Overall production quality is good, although tape hiss does take away from some parts. Acquaint, or reacquaint, yourself with this Faulkner classic. R.I.G. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine
