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As I lay dying [electronic resource] : the corrected text / William Faulkner.

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At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member--including Addie--and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie's life. As I Lay Dying is the harrowing, darkly comic tale of the Bundren family's trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother, as told by each of the family members--including Addie herself.

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  • ISBN: 9780307792167 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0307792161 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (211 p.)
  • Edition: 1st Vintage international ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1990.

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Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Burial > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Mississippi > Fiction.
Literary
Genre: Electronic books.

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WILLIAM CUTHBERT FAULKNER was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, and As I Lay Dying, among many other remarkablebooks. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.

William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, and As I Lay Dying, among many other remarkablebooks. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France's Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.


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