As I Lay Dying
3.6
(12 ratings)256 pages1996VintageISBN 9780099479314
American ManuscriptsDeathBurialFiction in EnglishStream-of-ConsciousnessFacsimilesFictionProblem familiesMarried womenParent and adult childManuscriptsDysfunctional familiesFamiliesCriticism and interpretationSocial life and customsDomestic fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Yoknapatawpha county (imaginary place), fictionFiction, psychologicalMississippi, fiction
About this book
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.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780099479314
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, his reputation is based on his novels, novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner
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