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Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
Jesus....what a book to read. I got bogged down for two weeks reading this book, constantly feeling lost in the meaning and narrative, meanwhile sometimes stuck by how obscure yet fascinating Faulkner’s writing is. In terms of the form of the novel, I don’t know if Faulkner was the first writer who told a story from multiple characters’ perspectives. Not only that, if comparing the beginning (mostly by Rosa) and latter part of the book(mostly by Quentin and his friend), Faulkner deliberately changed the forms of narratives based on the characteristics of the narrators, which have very different emotional connotations (confused, chaotic and angry vs. calm, story telling and analytic). The whole story is southern version of American dream, built on blood and race, the obsession of which in turns destroyed the mirage.