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Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
Wow, what a masterpiece ... and yet I feel like I can't fully appreciate such complex nuanced writing outside of a classroom. Still Faulkner's tale of the misery inflicted on the family of ruthless and and ambitious Thomas Sutpen was a story I couldn't put down and I was eager untwist the winding plot. It takes place in rural northern Mississippi throughout the 1800s and early 1900s but focused primarily on the years around the Civil War when the legacy Sutpen strived to create began to fall apart.
I am now kicking myself for not taking the Faulkner class offered by my college. Not only did I miss out on another class with an awesome professor, I missed out on an author I clearly would have enjoyed reading. Picking apart the intricate storytelling device used here would be a dream to write a paper about.
I would pair this with Gone With the Wind as books that can help a Northerner understand a Southerner's perspective on the Civil War. This one doesn't go into as much depth about the privations suffered during and after the war, but Quentin trying to explain the story to his Canadian roommate goes a long way to cross the cultural divide. Clearly I've not read enough Southern literature if those are the only titles I can think of that explain the Civil War from the South's perspective, but I'm working on it.
Long and winding, but absolutely worth it if you're up for the challenge.
I am now kicking myself for not taking the Faulkner class offered by my college. Not only did I miss out on another class with an awesome professor, I missed out on an author I clearly would have enjoyed reading. Picking apart the intricate storytelling device used here would be a dream to write a paper about.
I would pair this with Gone With the Wind as books that can help a Northerner understand a Southerner's perspective on the Civil War. This one doesn't go into as much depth about the privations suffered during and after the war, but Quentin trying to explain the story to his Canadian roommate goes a long way to cross the cultural divide. Clearly I've not read enough Southern literature if those are the only titles I can think of that explain the Civil War from the South's perspective, but I'm working on it.
Long and winding, but absolutely worth it if you're up for the challenge.