Absalom, Absalom!

This postbellum Greek tragedy is the perfect introduction to Faulkner’s elaborate descriptive syntax. Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard roommate, are obsessed with the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a black butler.

Aceasta tragedie greaca postbellum este introducerea perfecta in sintaxa descriptiva elaborata a lui Faulkner. Quentin Compson si Shreve, colegul sau de camera la Harvard, sunt obsedati de ascensiunea si caderea tragica a lui Thomas Sutpen.