Reviews for Faulkner at West Point

The average rating for Faulkner at West Point based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-09-21 00:00:00 Stephen List I first read the Vintage paperback edition of this book as an undergraduate in the early 1970s. For me, it is a formative book, full of truth about writing, reading, and about the writers need to tell stories honestly and from the heart. After nearly sixty years his words still speak to me.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-04-04 00:00:00 Corey North This is a refreshing rendering of the man Faulkner was at the end of his life: gentleman, redneck, artist, philosopher, and ever the enigma. Within a few short months of his visit to West Point in April, 1962, Faulkner was dead. There's no inkling here of morbidity, and in fact, we see the man as optimistic about the future of man, even in the age of the bomb. The book is essentially a transcription of recordings made during lectures (more Q&A sessions, actually) and a press-type conference. The first year cadets get a chance at the author, and the questions posed and his responses are enlightening. At his core, Faulkner said he wrote about the condition of the heart, and whether anyone could ever rightly comprehend all that transpires, for good or for evil, in the enduring (a favorite word of his)of mankind. As an afterword, we see a letter written to General William Westmoreland just a few days before Faulkner's death, and his quiet politeness in giving thanks for the hospitality of the men of West Point to him and his family is a poignant coda to a life well-written. 4 stars.