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| Original Title: | As I Lay Dying |
| ISBN: | 067973225X (ISBN13: 9780679732259) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Cash Bundren, Anse Bundren, Addie Bundren, Darl Bundren, Jewel Bundren, Dewey Dell, Vardaman Bundren, Vernon Tull, Cora Tull, Peabody |
| Setting: | Mississippi(United States) United States of America Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi(United States) |
William Faulkner
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.71 | 131372 Users | 6994 Reviews
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| Title | : | As I Lay Dying |
| Author | : | William Faulkner |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | January 30th 1991 by Vintage (first published 1930) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Short Stories. Science Fiction. Classics |
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As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. 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. Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. This edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.Rating Of Books As I Lay Dying
Ratings: 3.71 From 131372 Users | 6994 ReviewsAssessment Of Books As I Lay Dying
Ok, this is the first review on which Ive ever hit the spoiler tab, but I dont know how to review this book without spoilers. You know the drill. Stop reading if youd like.Holy hell, As I Lay Dying is a great book. I needed about thirty pages to get into Faulkners rhythms (and, uh, finally figure out that each chapter was narrated by the character titling said chapter), but once I caught onto the cadence I read the novel in four feverish days sequestered in one of my second floors air
This thrilling, chilling tale is told through a sort of schizm. The conglomeration of different consciousnesses is a bubbling soup mixed in with dark symbols & Southern Gothic elements, and it is indeed a delightful experience, an overly-delicious dish. The macabre is Alive; this prose palpitates. This is waayyy more accessible than, say, "The Sound and the Fury" and for those who have strayed away from this darling writer, this particular masterpiece will immediately put him or her in
I'm no copyright lawyer, but it seems like Faulkner's estate could have sued the hell out of the makers of National Lampoon's Vacation. There is the obvious corpse-carting similarity, but I can almost hear the familiar refrain of Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road" bleed into the scene of the Bundren's fateful river crossing. (Pre)DMCA violations were definitely afoot, at least in spirit.This is the book for those who find Faulkner's other well known works to be intimidating. As I Lay Dying
Written in the stream-of-consciousness mode, As I Lay Dying charts the odyssey of the impoverished Bundren family as its feuding members trek across the wilderness of the rural South toward their countys capital, where they intend to bury the rotting corpse of the familys matriarch. The narrative jumps from perspective to perspective, and each characters voice is highly stylized, from the second eldest sons ornate meditations on life and death to the youngest childs simplistic despair over the
It's a strange thing to say, but at 36 I don't know if I'm mature enough to read William Faulkner the way he should be read. First, I think that Faulkner is a quiet read. I think that his stories and books should be read quietly at a time in your life when your mind isn't clouded by muck. My mind is clouded by muck, thus I'm not sure if I'm ready to read this book. Sure, at the age of 32 I was ready to read his short stories -- that was a different time. I was living in Fujisawa, and my own
That feeling when you close a book, and it is like you can't breathe, because all the breath of life seems to be stuck in that story, and you just finished it, and there is a vacuum inside. That feeling when you try to describe a book, and all the adjectives you come up with are negative, and yet the story has such power, and you loved it, like life.That feeling when you are not sure what to read next, because whatever you pick will carry some of the flavour of the sorrow and the hopelessness
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