![]() Well, years went by, and I enrolled in my first course for my Master’s degree. ![]() I silently vowed to never read it myself. To me, her words made the novel sound like one of the hardest books ever written. She explained how the first few pages were one entire paragraph that she couldn’t comprehend. When we returned to the library the next week, she also returned the book, unread. ![]() I’ll never forget being in high school and watching my mom come home from the library with Absalom, Absalom! with determination to read it. In my notes on William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! (1936), I have written, “It’s okay to use a period once in a while!” Obviously, I was frustrated, but this note also tells me that I had gotten over my fear of Faulkner (1897-1962). ![]()
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