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A review by jlefevers
The Wild Palms by William Faulkner
4.0
“Yes, he thought, between grief and nothing I will take grief.”
This book told two stories, and though they never intertwined, they ran parallel to each other and reflected off each other beautifully.
The first story was the haunting and heartbreaking tale of a man and a woman who learn first hand the consequences of giving in to the world, but also the consequences of rebelling against it. This isn’t a love story, but it is a story about love, its depths and crevices that most of us choose to ignore.
The second story was about a prisoner sent down the Mississippi river to save a pregnant woman during a flood. This story confused me and a lot of the themes were lost in his storytelling. Though the descriptions of his battles against nature were outstanding.
The first story overwhelmed me with so many feelings, it was beautifully told and I think it saved this book for me.
Minus one star for Faulkner’s typical sentence structure that made this novel so slow to read.
This book told two stories, and though they never intertwined, they ran parallel to each other and reflected off each other beautifully.
The first story was the haunting and heartbreaking tale of a man and a woman who learn first hand the consequences of giving in to the world, but also the consequences of rebelling against it. This isn’t a love story, but it is a story about love, its depths and crevices that most of us choose to ignore.
The second story was about a prisoner sent down the Mississippi river to save a pregnant woman during a flood. This story confused me and a lot of the themes were lost in his storytelling. Though the descriptions of his battles against nature were outstanding.
The first story overwhelmed me with so many feelings, it was beautifully told and I think it saved this book for me.
Minus one star for Faulkner’s typical sentence structure that made this novel so slow to read.