As I lay dying

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William Faulkner: As I lay dying (1987, Garland Pub.)

485 pages

English language

Published Nov. 20, 1987 by Garland Pub..

ISBN:
978-0-8240-6809-7
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Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try to transport her body to her birthplace in Mississippi in accordance with her wishes. When a ford across a river is flooded they are forced to take a roundabout route and it becomes a desperate race to complete their mission before the body begins to decompose.

28 editions

Subjects

  • Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Manuscripts -- Facsimiles
  • Manuscripts, American -- Facsimiles
  • Burial -- Fiction
  • Death -- Fiction
  • Mississippi -- Fiction