Absalom, Absalom!
American novelist, 1897–1962. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1955 and 1963 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1955.
Absalom, Absalom! is a 1936 novel by William Faulkner.
In family saga
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Faulkner
- First published
- 1936
- Length
- 384 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Southern gothic, Family saga, Modernist
Is Absalom, Absalom! worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs) and Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 80 | See the list |
Best edition of Absalom, Absalom!
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1995), 384 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1995)
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780099475118
How critics, prizes and readers rate Absalom, Absalom!
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 10% on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Absalom, Absalom!
If you liked Absalom, Absalom!, try The Sound and the Fury, A Fable or As I Lay Dying.
