Understanding Bias in Absalom, Absalom!

Perhaps just as interesting as the plot in Absalom, Absalom! is the way the events are told in the novel, and how those perspective build upon the story. The story of Thomas Sutpen is an interesting tale, one filled with all the makings of a true tragedy. Had Faulkner chosen to write a novel and include all the events of A, A! in chronological order solely through a third person omniscient narrator, would it still manage to gain the literary acclaim? I believe that the true driver of the novel are the characters retelling the story in the 1909 setting. The likes or Rosa, the Compsons, and Shreve allow for different perspectives and interpretations of the story. Through each interpretation, we gain a better understanding of the character telling it. Its easy to focus on the story of the Sutpens and try to analyze characters like Thomas Supten based on their actions retold in the novel, but we need to remember that the story being told may or may not be accurate and is always subject to the bias of the story teller. Rosa telling her side of the story at the beginning presents her as an angry biased women, which somewhat clouds our judgement on the true nature of the characters she describes. From then on, the story is retold from various sources, all which present somewhat differing tales. Trying to piece these tales together to create a true idea of the events involving the Sutpen family is useless if you fail to learn about the biases of the characters narrating.