Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (English) Paperback Book

Description: Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkners 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 owners mansion by a black butler. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Faulkners gripping, dark tale of pride and prejudice in the Deep SouthThis postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkners 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 owners 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. Notes Faulkners gripping, dark tale of pride and prejudice in the Deep South Back Cover WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE By universal consent, Faulkner stands as an equal in the sequence that includes Hawthorne, Melville, Mark Twain and Henry James Harold Bloom 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 owners mansion by a negro 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. But in after the chaos of Civil War, secrets from his own past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. See also: Sanctuary Author Biography 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 grandfathers bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers with the RAF, but was still in training when the war ended. Returning home he studied at the University of Mississippi and visited Europe briefly in 1925. His first poem was published in The New Republic in 1919. His first book of verse and early novels followed, but his major work began with the publication of The Sound and the Fury in 1929. As I Lay Dying (1930), Sanctuary (1931), Light in August (1932), Absalom, Absalom! (1936) and The Wild Palms (1939) are the key works of his great creative period leading up to Intruder in the Dust (1948). During the 1930s, he worked in Hollywood on film scripts, notably The Blue Lamp, co-written with Raymond Chandler.William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize for The Reivers just before his death in July 1962. Review The novel in which Faulkner most profoundly and completely says what he has to say about the South and the human condition -- Walter AllenFor range of effect, philosophical weight, originality of style, variety of characterisation, humour and tragic intensity [Faulkners Works] are without equal in our time and country -- Robert Penn WarrenFor all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made which made for the greatness of our classics -- Ralph EllisonThe magnitude of Faulkners characters lies in their blood and bone and sinew: the exquisite specificity of their human fallibility... Faulkner seemed incapable of separating intimate character from universal truth, and this rough refusal - both humble and defiant - was at the root of his force as a writer... No other American writer has achieved such staggering heights of form * Boston Globe *Heart-pinching * New York Times * Promotional Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Kirkus US Review Theres a Faulkner market - no question of that. But for those on its outskirts, watching eagerly for growth, development, maturity in his work, there is disappointment, here as in Pylon. There is more in the sinister, sultry atmosphere to recall Sanctuary. But the story is indirect to the point of artificiality; the style marred by hyphenated words, manufactured words, until you lose the sense in the glut of verbiage. A depraved story of degenerates in a Southern family gone to seed - of Colonel Sutpen building his tribe by incest, perversion, miscegenation and lust. There is tragedy here, but the drawing is so out of scale that the effect is weakened. - In spite of all this, the book - on Faulkners name - will sell, and rent. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text The novel in which Faulkner most profoundly and completely says what he has to say about the South and the human condition Review Quote The magnitude of Faulkners characters lies in their blood and bone and sinew: the exquisite specificity of their human fallibility... Faulkner seemed incapable of separating intimate character from universal truth, and this rough refusal - both humble and defiant - was at the root of his force as a writer... No other American writer has achieved such staggering heights of form Promotional "Headline" Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Details ISBN0099475111 Author William Faulkner Pages 384 Year 1995 ISBN-10 0099475111 ISBN-13 9780099475118 Format Paperback Publication Date 1995-01-19 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.52 Birth 1897 Death 1962 Media Book Short Title ABSALOM ABSALOM Language English Residence US Series Vintage Classics Edition 11000th Publisher Vintage Publishing Imprint Vintage Classics UK Release Date 1995-01-19 AU Release Date 1995-01-19 NZ Release Date 1995-01-19 Alternative 9781446496305 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1123780;

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