{"product_id":"as-i-lay-dying-the-original-text-paperback","title":"As I Lay Dying: The Original Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA cornerstone of American Modernism and arguably William Faulkner's most radical technical achievement, As I Lay Dying is the scorching, darkly comic, and deeply unsettling story of a promise kept at all costs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the blistering heat of the American South, William Faulkner's \u003cem\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/em\u003e is the raw, unflinching, and darkly comic story of the impoverished \u003cstrong\u003eBundren family\u003c\/strong\u003e and their disastrous attempt to honor the dying wish of their matriarch, \u003cstrong\u003eAddie Bundren\u003c\/strong\u003e, to be buried in her distant hometown of Jefferson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel fragments into \u003cstrong\u003e59 interior monologues\u003c\/strong\u003e from 15 different characters-the five surviving children and their father, plus various neighbors-each voice offering a skewed, private, and often shocking perspective on the family's journey. As they transport the rotting corpse across flooded rivers and through vulture-haunted landscapes, their quest exposes the devastating isolation, secret desires, and mounting madness within the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering work of \u003cstrong\u003eModernist literature\u003c\/strong\u003e is a profound, unforgettable exploration of grief, duty, and the radical difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Addie Bundren dies in the scorching heat of rural Mississippi, she leaves her family with a final, non-negotiable request: she must be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, forty miles away. The Bundrens, a poor, isolated, and often grotesque family, load Addie's coffin onto their wagon and begin a nine-day pilgrimage across the unforgiving Yoknapatawpha landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis arduous journey is a trial by fire, water, and madness. Against a backdrop of decaying roads, swollen rivers, and the increasingly putrid odor of Addie's body, the family members-from the stoic, simple carpenter Cash to the tormented, seeing-eye Darl-face overwhelming obstacles: a broken leg, a near-drowning, an act of arson, and the relentless judgment of the townsfolk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaulkner shatters the traditional novel form, presenting the saga through \u003cstrong\u003efifteen distinct and fragmented narrative voices\u003c\/strong\u003e. We enter the minds of Addie's children-the self-sacrificing Cash, the illegitimate, horse-obsessed Jewel, the pre-verbal Vardaman, and the unsettlingly articulate Darl, whose chapters form the novel's psychological and philosophical core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46883388227723,"sku":"9798898780210","price":21.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/seKnmDFU_m9798898780210.webp?v=1778503649","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/as-i-lay-dying-the-original-text-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}