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Sanctuary is kind of like if Faulkner and John Grisham got together to write about some horrific events ending in a trial in a small southern town. Don't hang out with moonshiners, kids. Discussion of this one was really interesting because there was so much more to unpack than I expected. The spring at the beginning, the ending and its multiple interpretations, etc.
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In 1928 Mississippi, the black maid of a white woman kills the latter's newborn in order to give her employer a way out of a predicament, and then faces the death penalty.
Starring Lee Remick, Yves Montand, Bradford Dillman and Odetta; screenplay by Ruth Ford and James Poe, based on works by William Faulkner; directed by Tony Richardson ...more
Starring Lee Remick, Yves Montand, Bradford Dillman and Odetta; screenplay by Ruth Ford and James Poe, based on works by William Faulkner; directed by Tony Richardson ...more
Faulkner has a gift for being able to write about raw and awful things without giving every detail. Modern day authors put in every crude bit, not allowing the reader to use their imagination. That Faulkner only has to suggest a situation to get you there is, to me, amazing. This book is full of sin and disgusting behavior, but still, he handles it with finese.
He wrote this to make money cause mystery books were big sellers then. He said, 'I held my nose while writing this.' I enjoyed it though. ...more
A gritty story with a lot of style as Popeye creeps into the loft.
Purchased for $1 at Book Rags in Arcadia!
A rather ghastly tale but cunningly told
Oct 16, 2007
Kim
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2010
Kat (A Journey In Reading)
marked it as to-read
