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| Author | William Faulkner |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ "George Salter's Covers #50–99". Coverbrowser.com. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Oxford American: The Best Southern Novels of All Time (138 books)".