The Orchard Keeper
Gritty in detail, creative in structure, delightfully verbose; McCarthy’s grasp of the English language is breathtaking.
Literary Fiction
The Sound and The Fury
piecing together these fractured thoughts imparts more than the family melodrama that provoked them.
As I Lay Dying
By presenting the journey from varying perspectives, the circuitous story weaves a robust, if messy, emotional tapestry.
Go Down, Moses
It is purposefully not an easy read, but it is rewarding for those who put in the effort.
Light in August
Mellifluous, polysyllabic, and archaic words sometimes mask a tenderness toward the novel’s afflicted human subjects, but Faulkner’s consummate artistry is worth the emotional distance.
The Portable Faulkner
You won’t understand each reference the first time you read a story, but eventually the world starts to take shape.