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As I Lay Dying

Written by: William Faulkner
Narrated by: Marc Cashman, Robertson Dean, Lina Patel, Lorna Raver
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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner—also available are Snopes, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short Stories

One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, one of literature’s great invented landscapes, and is replete with the poignant, impoverished, violent, and hypnotically fascinating characters that were his trademark.

Along with a new Foreword by E. L. Doctorow, this edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.

(P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc. Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature United States Mississippi

What the critics say

"For range of effect, philosophical weight, originality of style, variety of characterization, humor, and tragic intensity, [Faulkner's works] are without equal in our time and country."--Robert Penn Warren

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Be patient. This is extraordinary.

The first thing that pulled me in was Faulkner’s poetry, and the sound of it in the character’s unique voices. The story lags at first, but we learn from each character about duty, love and lies on their long and eventful trip to bury their mother. The cast stands out. Instead of picking one actor to mess it all up, each character is imbued with humanity, no matter how selfish, foolish, crazy or devoted they are.

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Great listen, characters voices and story is 10/10

The performance was fantastic to listen too, the story was exceptional. Great overall, definitely recommend.

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