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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner · Booklabria

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As I Lay Dying

Social life and customsFamily life

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First published: 1915
Editions: 57 in 5 languages

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Social life and customs
Family life
Families
Family
History and criticism
Psychological
Set in: Mississippi
Yoknapatawpha County
Time: 1920s; Early 20th century
Characters: William Faulkner

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Editions

57 in 5 languages

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English37 French6 Spanish5 German3 All 5 languages

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