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As I Lay Dying
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A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.
As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others, the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.
“I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall.” —William Faulkner on As I Lay Dying
This edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.
As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others, the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.
“I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall.” —William Faulkner on As I Lay Dying
This edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.
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“Oof. This is a difficult novel to rate. There’s so many complexities that you can’t fully comprehend on a first read…I felt something for every character aside from Anse. This was my first dip in the lake of William Faulkner and the water’s great.
“My mother is a fish.” 😢”
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“The Sound and the Fury was one of my favorite high school literature class reads, so naturally I snatched this book up when I found it at a thrift store. In this novel, the chapters/sections are short, constant switches between multiple points of views. Somehow, each final sentence managed to make my breath hitch. The writing itself feels like a combination of a mystery and a fever dream. It was tragic to read about how each family member and character could be so self centered when it came to Addies death, but it honestly made me reflect on how we approach death in real life. I feel like it is not uncommon to make a loved ones death about anyone but deceased. It is almost like that is how humans can process and get through grief. I think Faulkner can capture the human condition in such a distinctly genuine way and that is why I think he is an artistically superb author. Although I loved this book, it falls short of a five star (for me) because it is not an easy read, as the perspective switches make it disjointed and tricky to follow. It was difficult to get swept up into the story, which plays a pretty big part in a "perfect" read for me.”
About William Faulkner
WILLIAM CUTHBERT FAULKNER was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, and As I Lay Dying, among many other remarkablebooks. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.
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