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As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of the 20th century. The title is derived from William Marris's 1925 translation of Homer's Odyssey, referring to the similar themes of both works.
- William Faulkner
- 1930
14 de set. de 2011 · Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. This edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.
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As I Lay Dying (no Brasil Enquanto Agonizo e em Portugal Na Minha Morte) é um romance do escritor estadunidense William Faulkner. Ele alegou ter escrito o romance em seis semanas e não ter alterado uma única palavra. Publicado em 1930, Faulkner o escreveu enquanto trabalhava em uma usina, e descreveu-o como um “tour-de-force”.
As Addie Bundren lays dying, her eldest son is building her coffin to transport her body to be buried with her family in Jefferson, as per her dying wish. Thus, upon her death begins the family’s quest to transport the coffin with her decaying remains, even as they face many trials and tribulations and almost lose the coffin on two occasions ...
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As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others, the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.
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Article History. As I Lay Dying, novel by William Faulkner, published in 1930. It is one of the many novels that Faulkner set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha county, Miss., U.S. The story unfolds by means of fragmented and intercut narration by each of the characters.
18 de mai. de 2011 · Books. As I Lay Dying. William Faulkner. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, May 18, 2011 - Fiction - 288 pages. A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The...
