Sanctuary

Rediscover this Faulkner classic--or explore it for the first time.


A powerful novel examining the nature of evil, informed by the works of T. S. Eliot and Freud, mythology, local lore, and hard-boiled detective fiction, Sanctuary is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake, who introduces her own form of venality into Memphis underworld where she is being held.

Irony of the Old South

Faulkner is the bard of the post Civil War South. No one can weave a tale like him. Possibly Americas greatest.

Sanctuary

Took me 3 weeks--read alone leisurely w novel shall reread again. Love Faulkner. Xo Xo

Deceptively brilliant.

I feel like its narrative structure inspired Pulp Fiction. I found the first third of the book a little slow. and annoying. During the second third I started to think "This is pretty good and there is a lot more going on under the surface than first meets the eye. In the midst of the last third it hits you in the face that this book is not only brilliantly constructed, but very innovative narratively considering when it was first published. Its a dark, mean, deep and amazing novel. I loved it and recommended it highly.

Painful

Not Faulkner's best by a long shot, but the book is better than the narrator allows it to be. The effect is similar to that of having a mosquito at your ear while you are trying to sleep. . . .

Performance

Compared to other interpretations of Faulkner's novels, this reader fell short. Boring. Only the great story written by Faulkner, with a life of its own stood up for itself.