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Author | William Faulkner |
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Cover artist | George Salter[1] |
Language | English |
Genre | Southern Gothic |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1936 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 384 |
ISBN | 0-679-73218-7 |
OCLC | 407010 |
813.52 | |
LC Class | PS3511.A86 |
Preceded by | Pylon |
Followed by | The Unvanquished |
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it is a story about three families of the American South, with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen.
Absalom, Absalom!, along with The Sound and the Fury, helped Faulkner win the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 1949.[2] In 2009, a panel of judges called Absalom, Absalom! the best Southern novel of all time.[3]
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