num_pages: 272
description: A towering, intense novel of family from the winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureEver since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. 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?'
language: English
title: The Sound and the Fury
titlecomplete: The Sound and the Fury
characters: Candace "Caddy" Compson, Caroline Bascomb Compson, Miss Quentin Compson, Dilsey Gibson, Quentin Compson III, Jason Compson III, Jason Compson IV, Luster, Benjamin "Benjy" Compson
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 178023
places: The United States of America, Mississippi, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Vintage Classics