lauli 's review for:

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

5.0

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How to possibly describe this book? It's a unique reading experience. I felt like I was caught in a vortex from which I could not possibly escape, swirling in a whirlwind that leads irrevocably to the past, to the sins of antebellum South, the evils of the war, and the aftermath, all craftily and breathtakingly interwoven with the extraordinary story of Thomas Sutpen and the wake of destruction he left behind in his attempt to rise above his social constraints and prove himself to the world. It's the best novel I've read by Faulkner, and I think one of the best literary works of the 20th century and in world literature.