As I Lay Dying
Author: William Faulkner
Older cover editions with this ISBN can be found here and here.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 people. And as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the Deep South, Faulkner presents a portrait of extraordinary p….Read More
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