by William Faulkner · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420613055
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Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by the American writer William Faulkner, published in 1936. The story focuses on Thomas Sutpen and his ambitious attempt to found a dynasty in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, through the construction of a large plantation and the formation of a family. The novel explores themes of race, class, gender, and the burden of the past in the American South. Through multiple narrators, Faulkner constructs a complex and tragic family saga that culminates in destruction and failure.
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
