As I Lay Dying is a novel by William Faulkner, and arguably among the least Mind Screwlike and most comprehensible of his works, and thus a good starting point The basic plotline Addie Bundren, the matriarch of the Bundren family, has died and expressed a wish to be buried in her hometown, JeffersonAs I Lay Dying is famous for its experimental narrative technique, which Faulkner began in his earlier novel The Sound and the Fury In As I Lay Dying, fifteen characters—most of them with the last name Bundren—take turns narrating the story in streams of consciousness It all happens over the course of fiftynine, sometimes overlapping Book Review 'As I Lay Dying' by William Faulkner Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying in six weeks while working nights at a power plant It was his seventh novel, published in 1930 when he was 33 (he
The 100 Best Novels No 55 As I Lay Dying By William Faulkner 1930 William Faulkner The Guardian