フォークナー三昧 Indulging in Faulkner

Sanctuary（サンクチュアリ）、Requiem for a Nun （尼僧への鎮魂歌）に続き、 As I Lay Dying（死の床に横たわりて）を読んだ。学生時代以来ン十年ぶりだけど、面白い～！初期の頃の作品で、サンクチュアリなどはお金のために書いた扇動的な作品と本人が言っているらしいけど、どれも読み応えがあって、後のThe Sound and The Fury （響きと怒り）やLight in August （八月の光）を彷彿とさせるフォークナー作品です。特にAs I Lay Dyingは教養があるわけではなく、むしろ社会の底辺にいるような人々の独白から成り立っていて、話が分かりやすく、一章の長さが比較的短いので、フォークナー初心者にもお薦めです。
After Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun , I read As I Lay Dying. It's been decaces since I read Faulkner last time, but they are as interesting as ever before. They were written early in his career and it is said that Faulkner admitted that he wrote sensational Sanctuary for money, but they are all well worth reading and as good as later masterpieces such as the The Sound and The Fury and Light in August . If you've never read William Faulkner before, I recommend As I Lay Dying in particular, which is easier to understand because not highly educated, ordinary people confide the simple story and chapters are relatively short.