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As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

Book 3 of William Faulkner novels

292 pages

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About this book

The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her last wishes as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the Deep South.

Themes
Dark & BroodingHeartbreakingStrange & UnsettlingThought-ProvokingQuietly DevastatingThe burden of family dutyThe fragility of human promisesThe isolation of individual consciousness
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