Absalom, Absalom!
Book 6 of William Faulkner novelsAbsalom, Absalom! 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.
Dark & BroodingMelancholic & NostalgicMysteriousThought-ProvokingQuietly DevastatingThe curse of dynastic ambitionThe inescapable weight of historyThe fragility of constructed identity
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