“ Absalom, Absalom! is structurally the soundest of all the novels in the Yoknapatawpha series-and it gains power in retrospect.” This edition follows the text of Absalom, Absalom! as corrected in 1986 under the direction of Faulkner expert Noel Polk and features a new Foreword by John Jeremiah Sullivan.

The prose is powerful (his prose is always powerful but I think it was wielded more effectively here than in the stream of consciousness of Sound) and the whole concept of this being someone hearing a story told by someone else with interjections & speculations &c - I think it was excellent top to bottom. “Faulkner’s novels have the quality of being lived, absorbed, remembered rather than merely observed,” noted Malcolm Cowley. Absalom, Absalom is the very light of my life right now. Although his grand design is ultimately destroyed by his own sons, a century later the figure of Sutpen continues to haunt young Quentin Compson, who is obsessed with his family legacy and that of the Old South. It tells the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded attempt to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830. Add this copy of Absalom, Absalom the Corrected Text to cart.

From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner-also available are Snopes, As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Selected Short Storiesįirst published in 1936, Absalom, Absalom! is William Faulkner’s ninth novel and one of his most admired. Customer Reviews Add this copy of Absalom, Absalom to cart.

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