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One of William Faulkner's finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner's imaginary South, one of literature's great invented landscapes, and is replete with the poignant, impoverished, violent, and hypnotically fascinating characters that were his trademark.Along with a new foreword by E. L. Doctorow, this edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.
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As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- As I Lay Dying
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Faulkner
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0375504524
- ISBN13
- 9780375504525
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Travel, Humor, Family, Classics, USA, American Literature, School, Death, Secrets, Literary Fiction, America, Fate, Mothers, Nobel prize, Father, American South, Southern Gothic, Tragicomedy, Funeral Services, Yoknapatawpha
- First published
- 1930
- Original title
- As I Lay Dying
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- One of William Faulkner's finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner's imaginary South, one of literature's great invented landscapes, and is replete with the poignant, impoverished, violent, and hypnotically fascinating characters that were his trademark.Along with a new foreword by E. L. Doctorow, this edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.