| Absalom, Absalom! Contributor(s): Faulkner, William (Author), Sullivan, John Jeremiah (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0679600728 ISBN-13: 9780679600725 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: The story of Thomas Sutpen, an enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson in the early 1830s to wrest his mansion out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. He was a man, Faulkner said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him." "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93014528 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Series: Modern Library (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.7" W x 8" (1.25 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 56995 Reading Level: 9.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Stories First published in 1936, Absalom, Absalom is William Faulkner's ninth novel and one of his most admired. It tells the story of Thomas Sutpen and his ruthless, single-minded attempt to forge a dynasty in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1830. 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. "Faulkner's novels have the quality of being lived, absorbed, remembered rather than merely observed," noted Malcolm Cowley. "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. |