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The Best Southern Novels of All Time
Ocford American ^
| August 27 2009
Posted on 09/15/2009 7:53:27 AM PDT by Borges
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posted on
09/15/2009 7:53:27 AM PDT
by
Borges
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posted on
09/15/2009 7:54:22 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: Borges
Carter Willingham’s End as a Man.
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posted on
09/15/2009 7:56:33 AM PDT
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: Borges
Bogus. Where’s “Tales of Uncle Remus?”
To: Borges
Probably considered too low brow for most literary snobs but I like these
The Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry
Saratoga Trunk, Show Boat, Giant - Edna Ferber
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:03:18 AM PDT
by
slumber1
To: Borges
What about “Chiefs” by Stuart Woods? One of the networks turned it into a miniseries back in the 80’s, but even with Charlton Heston in it, the novel was better.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:08:51 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Borges
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:09:05 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I think they were going with novels only.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:11:26 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:14:35 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
To: Borges
For my money Eudora Welty eclipses them all for talent.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:16:56 AM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: Borges
Sound and Fury is abysmal. As far as I can tell its popularity among critics is based on the stream of conciousness style rather that the actual story...technique is not art.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:19:58 AM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: Sudetenland
It’s a great and very moving novel. It demands at least one re-read and it falls together just fine.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:21:24 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Will other FReepers identify which books would be considered “Southern Apologetics” so i may avoid them.
Mockingbird being one of them. I also have a list of
Southern Gothic i will need to strart soon.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:29:51 AM PDT
by
urtax$@work
(The best kind of memorial is a Burning Memorial.........)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:31:19 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: raven92876
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:34:45 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: kalee
oops. Should be Calder Willingham.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:37:07 AM PDT
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: Borges
Dead Solid Perfect-Dan Jenkins
Replay-
One Second After-
Alas, Babylon-
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:42:20 AM PDT
by
erman
(Give a man a fire, warm him for one night. Set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.)
To: Sudetenland
Sound and Fury is abysmal. As far as I can tell its popularity among critics is based on the stream of conciousness style rather that the actual story...technique is not art.
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Completely disagree. My favorite Faulkner, and the stream of consciousness adds, IMO, to the immediacy of the work.
And the first paragraphs of the 2nd section “and then I was in time again”, may be among my favorite written words of all time.
But, the high school teacher for whom I first read this book absolutely brought all of the characters to life, so I could be biased. That was in 1975.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:43:26 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: Borges
Great Post- I thought I read a lot, many of these I haven’t even heard of.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:55:30 AM PDT
by
orlop9
To: slumber1
Larry McMurtry is only on the expanded list for Lonesome Dove.
And Terry Southern does not appear at all.
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posted on
09/15/2009 9:00:08 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I'm no racist, I oppose the political agenda of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Bill Ayers as well.)
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