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Flags in the Dust (Mass Market Paperback)

by William Faulkner (Author), Douglas Day (Editor)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Random House USA Paperbacks (30 Sep 1974)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0394712390
  • ISBN-13: 978-0394712390
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 724,540 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Returning to the Mississippi delta country after World War I Bayard Sartoris tries in vain to withstand the influence of a proud and violent family.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The novel that started it all!, 7 Jun 2001
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I'm giving this book five stars just to balance out the low rating giving by one of the other readers. This is Yoknapatawpha's first, not worst, and wears well with age. Faulkner didn't fully hit his stride until half-way through the novel, when the young Sartoris moves center stage and carries the story on his shoulders toward a shattering conclusion. If you are a first time Faulkner reader, I would try this novel or the Snopes trilogy before venturing into deeper waters like "Absalom, Absalom" or "The Sound and the Fury."
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2.0 out of 5 stars Yoknapatawpha's worst, 10 Feb 1999
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The two stars is just for his brilliant language and incredible games with words. If you're going to read "Flags," please do wait until you've already read "The Sound and The Fury," "Absalom Absalom," "Sanctuary," and some of his other stars, but don't read this one first. You'll miss out on the beauty of his other works because you won't want to read him again. The sentences go on for days and are just incredibly rambling, even for Faulkner. The story doesn't live up to many of his other ones. One of the aspects of the plot is, is that southern male is troubled somewhat by his sister's sexuality. That usually juices up the rest of Faulkner but it's just kind of voyeuristic, gross and boring here. The copy I read had wisteria on the cover, and that is what this book reminds me of....faded wisteria, with a lingering sticky-sweet smell, but having lost its vibrant color and its potency.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling ride, 6 Jul 1999
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I read this book in three sittings. The novel thrills as well as exasperates, especially as it starts to wind down at the end. Plot threads are not all neatly tied up at the end and the repetition of several character names -- Bayard in particular -- delineating three generations of male descendants with the same first name can be confusing and obscure, but the central story of Young Bayard Sartoris, recklessly pursuing the fulfillment of a death wish out of guilt for the death of his brother in World War One, is undeniably powerful. The plot concerning Narcissa's mysterious anonymous love letters is also intriguing particularly in light of the fact that Faulkner picks up this plot thread in a short story called "There was a Queen". Horace Benbow and his relationship with Belle, a married and "fallen" woman, also makes for delicious, though highly literal, reading.

I was reminded in some respects of Dickens.

This book, the first of Faulkner's series of novels set in the fictional county of Yoknawpatawa Mississippi, is a terrific stepping stone from which to plunge into his later works.

It isn't perfect, but -- like Young Bayard's crazy, suicidal jaunts in his "modern" automobile --it is a terrific and thrilling ride.

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