{"product_id":"absalom-absalom","title":"Absalom, Absalom!","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most ambitious novel of the greatest American writer of his generation. A story about a man who built a dynasty, destroyed his family, and haunted the South for a century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Faulkner’s most complex and rewarding novel is a story told by four voices about Thomas Sutpen, a poor white boy from the West Virginia hills who came to Mississippi with nothing and built a plantation, and then watched it all burn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Sutpen arrives in Jefferson, Mississippi, in 1833 with a gang of slaves and a French architect. He builds a mansion in the middle of nowhere. He marries the daughter of the local judge. He has two children: Henry and Judith. Then he discovers that his son has a Black wife—and that his first wife, whom he abandoned, was part Black. He rejects his son. The family collapses. The Civil War destroys the plantation. Sutpen dies in a brawl. The novel’s narrators—Quentin Compson, his father, his grandfather, and Sutpen’s former mistress—try to piece together what happened. They cannot agree. The story changes with each telling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Faulkner at his most ambitious and demanding: a novel about race, class, and the curse of the South—the past that never dies, the story that cannot be told straight. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Faulkner’s masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1936, widely considered Faulkner’s greatest novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title is taken from the Old Testament: “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatures Quentin Compson (from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) as the primary narrator, trying to understand the South’s curse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the past is never dead. It is not even past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1897–1962) was an American novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Born in New Albany, Mississippi, he spent most of his life in Oxford, Mississippi, the model for his fictional Yoknapatawpha County. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was his ninth novel, published in 1936. Faulkner wrote the novel slowly, struggling to shape its complex narrative structure. The novel’s four narrators—Quentin Compson, his father, his grandfather, and Rosa Coldfield—each offer a different version of the Sutpen story, forcing the reader to piece together the truth. The novel is often considered Faulkner’s most challenging work; it is also considered his greatest. His other major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1929), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1930), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLight in August\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1932), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGo Down, Moses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1942). He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize twice. 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