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As I Lay Dying - Faulkner, William
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The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. And as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the Deep South, Faulkner presents a portrait of extraordinary power - as epic as the Old Testament, as American as Huckleberry Finn.

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As I Lay Dying 1970, Penguin Books Australia, Hawthorn

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As I Lay Dying 1967, Modern Library

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As I Lay Dying

2018, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9781717393784

As I Lay Dying

2013, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780804170413

As I Lay Dying

2009, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780393931389

As I Lay Dying

2005, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781415927731

As I Lay Dying

2000, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780375504525

As I Lay Dying

1996, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780099479314

As I Lay Dying

1991, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780679732259

As I Lay Dying

1991, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780812417142

As I Lay Dying

1991, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780606021715

As I Lay Dying

1987, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780394747453

As I Lay Dying

1970, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780140019407

As I Lay Dying

1970, Other

ISBN-13:

9780701106652

As I Lay Dying

1967, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780394603780

As I Lay Dying

1964, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780394415819

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Maggy

Oct 6, 2007

Great book, great author

This book is really good if you're willing to read it. Faulkner, traditionally, is somewhat of a deterrent to many, but his writing in this novel is understandable and emotionally-charged. That said, the book is not for everyone; there are some strong themes of adultery, madness, and the cruelty of human indifference. If you decide to read this book:

1. Read it all at once.
2. Don't try too hard to understand it. It all comes together at the end.

rejoyce

Oct 2, 2007

Comic Allegory of Family

William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is a kind of comic allegory of family, duty, honor, and pride. Scene upon scene are plainly grotesque: Addie, the Bundren ancestor, looks out of the window to see her son Cash building a coffin, her body placed in reverse to accommodate her bridal gown, the smell emanating from the box, the journey to her hometown Jefferson, the episode on the river, Cash laid on a palette atop the coffin after breaking his leg. This is an essentially comic treatment of death--and a harbinger of black comedy--but Faulkner complicates a relatively simple plot by maddening the reader with 15 different points of view. Perhaps it's as Cleanth Brooks wrote: the novel's multivocal nature highlights the human isolation within the Bundren family. Less important than The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! in the Faulkner canon, but darkly funny if the reader can bear the relentlessly shifting perspectives.

Selina

Sep 22, 2007

A family drama

The story shifts point of view in this epic tale of a disfuctional family. The story is told out of order due to switching perspectives. A family comes to terms with thier mother's death. The fueding brothers Darl and Jewel take up most of this sad tale.

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