tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post844190140574797274..comments2023-10-02T02:52:59.461-07:00Comments on Twigs and Brambles: Daniel Ausemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-65984510750371074862010-07-09T22:36:34.023-07:002010-07-09T22:36:34.023-07:00It'll make my third Faulkner (the other being ...It'll make my third Faulkner (the other being The Sound and the Fury). I'm looking forward to this one.<br /><br />And I'd say it's worth checking out Why We Hate Us. The other big touchstone for the book (or at least what I took away from the book) is Catcher in the Rye. Essentially phoniness is at the heart of most of the things we hate.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-91518889814545084302010-07-09T10:26:02.520-07:002010-07-09T10:26:02.520-07:00I might have to pick this book up. Living in Cana...I might have to pick this book up. Living in Canada for awhile has done strange things to my national identity, and it opens new windows into the issue of cultural self-loathing... for both countries, and against both countries too.<br /><br />I read Light in August in high school and really enjoyed it, but I'm a Faulkner devotee generally. After As I Lay Dying I'd say it's his most accessible novel.Lauren Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517994602774355541noreply@blogger.com