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5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable...a classic, May 22 2004

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This review is from: Intruder in the Dust (Paperback)

I am in 11th grade, and my hackles naturally went up upon reading the several reviews written by high schoolers on the subject of this novel. Do not be put off by such efforts to defile a masterpiece. This is one of the most profound and convincing novels I have ever read.

Tolstoy once wrote that the success of any work of art depends ultimately upon the artist's maintaining an "independent moral relation" to his subject, and that he who does not bring to his work a fresh and enlightened view of the universe will invariably fail in attempting to create good art. Applying this criterion to Intruder in the Dust, Faulkner's novel stands as a paradigm of great art; for its moral scope and philosophical perspective are singularly awesome. Faulkner is simultaneously sympathetic toward and critical of that Southern society which serves as his subject, and yet he manages never to stoop to petty preaching or outright sermonizing. His work is a marvel of artistic delicacy and intensity. Bravo.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to keep reading; impossible not to, Jun 26 2003

By	Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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Wonderful writing, slow and steady and relentless as a long walk on a hot day on a dusty road in the deep south. Tragic central story of a proud black man who has tried to live as just Man, not black man, and suffers for it when he is wrongfully accused of murdering a white woman, a woman who for many years was his lover. The further you read, the more certain you are that this cannot end well - but no way can you stop reading.
Classic Faulkner at his best, with the typical huge cast of 'characters' (in every sense of the word) and side plots.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Read...at your own caution!, Mar 2 2003

By	Lewis Miller (Danville, VA) - See all my reviews

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I am in eleventh grade Advanced Placement (AP) English and this is the first book I have ever read that has made me want to learn another language. This writer has no respect for his readers with his continously confusing run-on sentences and distracting word placement. Furthermore, he has no respect for the "laws" of the language, that are put there to keep from this very disgrace of a novel of ever happening. I will never read another William Faulkner novel; for this one has made me feel like my intelligence has been stripped from me. In plain, American, understandable English: THIS BOOK STINKS!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bill's Whodunit
"Intruder in the Dust" wraps a fine mystery around and through a story that could only happen in Faulkner country, yet is a timeless monument to man's stubbornness, stupidity and... Read more

Published on Dec 30 2002 by sweetmolly

1.0 out of 5 stars um.. and the point of this was??????
I am going to be a freshmen in high school. This book was on my summer reading list and as I began to read it it's flow totally lost ME IN THE DUST!!! Read more

Published on Jul 28 2002 by Kourtney

5.0 out of 5 stars Still controversial after all these years.
This novel has a traditional detective story plot and a conventional attitude about race relations (although it was progressive for the South in the late 40s). Read more

Published on Jun 19 2002

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My 14 y/o daughter was given this title as a summary reading assignment for freshman English. I picked up the book and thought that I would read it before her so we could talk... Read more

Published on Jun 6 2002 by D. W. Miller, Jr.