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Absalom, Absalom! by Faulkner, William
- Bookseller: Hikah's Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 101678
- Format: Soft Cover
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0075536579
- ISBN 13: 9780075536574
- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Date published: 1972
- Size: 4.5 x 7.25 x 0.75 inches
- Weight: 0.45 pounds
Description
Vintage Books. Good/vv/Clean Text / Tight Copy. 1972. Soft Cover. 0075536579.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Book summary
ABSALOM, ABSALOM! is often considered to be Faulkner's greatest book, and one of his most compelling explorations of race, gender, and the burdens of the past. The plot revolves around the character of Thomas Sutpen, son of poor whites in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Densely written and notoriously "difficult," the novel explores the question of why Sutpen's son, Henry, killed Charles Bon, his friend and classmate, and the suitor of his sister, Judith. The action shifts from the early 19th century, when this event took place, to the "present" (1909-1910), when Quentin Compson, a student at Harvard, becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about his ancestor Sutpen--and hence about his family's past--and the relevance of that truth to the present.
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