This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkner's elaborate descriptive syntax.
Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed with the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a black butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society.
His relentless will ensures his ambitions are soon realised; land, marriage, children, his own troop to fight in the Civil War... but Sutpen returns from the conflict to find his estate in ruins and his family collapsing. Secrets from his own past threaten to ruin the lives of his children and destroy everything he has worked for.
| ISBN: | 9780099475118 |
| Publication date: | 19th January 1995 |
| Author: | William Faulkner |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkner's elaborate descriptive syntax.Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed with the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a black butler.
Absalom, Absalom! features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary
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Absalom, Absalom! was written by William Faulkner and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Absalom, Absalom! has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
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