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William Faulkner - Absalom, Absalom! - 9780099475118 - V9780099475118
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Absalom, Absalom!

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Description for Absalom, Absalom! Paperback. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by 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 negro butler. From then on, he was determined to force his way into the upper echelons of Southern society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099475118
SKU
V9780099475118
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About William Faulkner
Born in 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, William Faulkner was the son of a family proud of their prominent role in the history of the south. He grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, and left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers with the RAF, but ... Read more

Reviews for Absalom, Absalom!
The novel in which Faulkner most profoundly and completely says what he has to say about the South and the human condition
Walter Allen For range of effect, philosophical weight, originality of style, variety of characterisation, humour and tragic intensity [Faulkner's Works] are without equal in our time and country
Robert Penn Warren For all his concern with ... Read more

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