As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner · 1930
Classics · ranked #64 in category
As Addie Bundren lies dying, fifteen members of her family and community narrate the subsequent chapter — their voices telling the story of carrying her body across Mississippi to bury her in Jefferson. Faulkner's formally radical novel uses stream-of-consciousness and multiple perspectives to create one of the most demanding and most studied works in the American canon.
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