Sound and the Fury

The Compson family's slow decline unfolds through fragmented, stream-of-consciousness narration, each voice carrying its own grief and confusion. Set in the post-Reconstruction South, Faulkner's novel moves through time and memory with a technique that was groundbreaking for its era, asking readers to piece together a story of loss as much as to simply read one. Demanding and deeply emotional, it remains a cornerstone of American literature.