Absalom, Absalom!

FAULKNER, William [Madeleine Albright].

$300.00

Item Number: 149078

United States of America: Random House , 1951.

Modern Libraray editon of this story that explores the themes of race, identity, and the burden of history. 18 mo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds” to happen.” After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. In very good condition. Bookplate to the front pastedown from, “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.”

Absalom, Absalom! employs complex narrative structures, stream-of-consciousness techniques, and fragmented storytelling to explore the subjective nature of truth and historical memory. Faulkner’s intricate prose and shifting perspectives force readers to piece together the tragic history of the Sutpen family, highlighting the South’s inability to escape its own past. Widely regarded as one of Faulkner’s masterpieces, the novel is a seminal work in American literature, offering a profound meditation on history, race, and human destiny.