Sound and Fury

"The Sound and the Fury" is one of the most celebrated books of the 20th century, included in the list of 100 best English-language novels according to Time magazine. The plot centers on the tragic story of the once rich and influential southern family of Compsons, now plunging into decline. The events of the novel are shown through the prism of perception of four different characters, each of whom reveals family dramas, betrayals and internal conflicts in their own way. Realism, traditional for southern prose, is framed by endless stylistically innovative discoveries of the author, the most important of which is practically for the first time, since Shakespeare's King Lear, used in English literature the technique of "stream of consciousness". In the novel, William Faulkner explores themes of loss, the disintegration of families, the destruction of traditions and the search for meaning in chaos.