Approval Junkie

Approval Junkie

Author: Faith Salie

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0553419943

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From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation. Whether she’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism to save her toxic marriage, or baking a 3D excavator cake for her son’s birthday, Salie is the ultimate approval seeker—an “approval junkie,” if you will. In this collection of daring, honest essays, Salie shares stories from her lifelong quest for gold stars, recounting her strategy for winning (very Southern) high school beauty pageant; her struggle to pick the perfect outfit to wear to her divorce; and her difficulty falling in love again, and then conceiving, in the years following her mother’s death. With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why she tries so hard to please others, and herself, highlighting a phenomenon that many people—especially women—experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman’s journey to realizing that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you—it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.


The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Publisher: Vintage Classic

Published: 2015-04-23

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781784870034

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'There was another yellow butterfly, like one of the sunflecks had come loose' WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD HUGHES Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, The Sound and the Fury explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. At its heart this is a novel about lovelessness - 'only an idiot has no grief; only a fool would forget it. What else is there in this world sharp enough to stick to your guts?'


William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Author: Nicolas Tredell

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780231121880

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This Guide explores the wealth of critical material generated by these two exceptional works of modernist fiction. From the initially mixed critical responses to the novels in the early 1930s, the Guide follows the enormous growth of interest in Faulkner's work across six decades. New writings shaped by a range of critical theories are discussed, offering the reader a clear view of the place now given to one of America's most innovative and influential novelists.


The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13:

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The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful.


William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Facts On File

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780791045190

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This classic novel, told in four chapters by four different voices, tells the story of the decline of the once prominent Compson family along with the deterioration of the Southern aristocratic class in the deep south after the Civil War.


The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1443446904

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Arguably one of the greatest novels written in modern times, William Faulkner’s masterpiece The Sound and the Fury is the story of the Compsons, a traditional upper-class family in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, who are on the brink of personal and financial ruin. Narrated in stream-of-consciousness, The Sound and the Fury introduces such memorable characters as the autistic Benjy, rebellious Caddy, obsessed Quentin, and wealth-seeking Jason, as well as their black servant Dilsey. In the telling of their own personal stories, each character reveals the events behind the decline of their family and the loss of their money, faith, respect, and each other. Faulkner’s fourth novel, and sixth on the Modern Library’s list of 100 best English-Language novels of the twentieth century, The Sound and the Fury takes its name from a passage from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The novel did not become successful until the publication of The Sanctuary, Faulkner’s sixth novel, in 1931, but then achieved great critical success and contributed to the author’s 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Sound and Fury was adapted by James Franco for film in 2014 starring himself, Jon Hamm, Tim Blake Nelson, and Joey King. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.


The Most Splendid Failure

The Most Splendid Failure

Author: André Bleikasten

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Structure, text, and internal relationships are examined in this study, against the novel's cultural and historical background and in the context of Faulkner's life and work.


The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780393912692

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"A man is the sum of his misfortunes." --William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury


The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

Author: William Faulkner

Publisher: Perfection Learning

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780812421149

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Saga of the Compson family, once lords of a great Southern plantation.