Absalom, Absalom!: The Complete Works of Faulkner

Author: William Faulkner (USA), translated by Li Wenjun
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: As important, most complex, and profound, and epic in style, As I Lay Dying is one of Faulkner's works. It tells the story of a Southern American family's intense disintegration from 1860 to around 1910, deeply portraying the conflicts between people and within themselves, touching on many universal issues related to the human condition. The novel has a unique narrative style; each character "explains" the past from different perspectives with different subjective emotions, yet collectively they embody the tragic tone of the entire work. The title of this book originates from a biblical allusion, and the love and hatred between parent and child, as well as the ambiguous relationships between siblings described in the book, carry the color of biblical stories. As I Lay Dying is as important, most complex, and profound, and epic in style, one of Faulkner's works. It tells the story of a Southern American family's intense disintegration from 1860 to around 1910, deeply portraying the conflicts between people and within themselves, touching on many universal issues related to the human condition. The novel has a unique narrative style; each character "explains" the past from different perspectives with different subjective emotions, yet collectively they embody the tragic tone of the entire work. The title of this book originates from a biblical allusion, and the love and hatred between parent and child, as well as the ambiguous relationships between siblings described in the book, carry the color of biblical stories.