Books with author W. Faulkner

Anya Ward is on a luxury cruise for her sixteenth birthday. It's a refreshing change of pace considering everyone she's ever cared for is dead. There was the car accident that took her parents, then the fire, the elephant, and the burglary. In fact, this is how she became the first child declared unadoptable by the state. So, it's no surprise she's a little upset when pirates interrupt her vacation and sink her plans to the bottom of the ocean.Now an unlikely group of teenage misfits must look to each other for survival, but none of them are prepared for the strange, impossible creatures coming to the surface. The Odyssey with a modern twist, Anya’s Ocean is an epic tale of an orphan lost at sea and the secret behind the misfortune that follows her.

As I Lay Dying is Faulkner's harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Told in turns by each of the family members—including Addie herself—the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.Quotes from the book:“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.”“People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.”“He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew that that word was like the others: just a shape to fill a lack; that when the right time came, you wouldn't need a word for that any more than for pride or fear...”Readers' reviews:“He is the greatest artist the South has produced. . . . Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century. We must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for greatness of our classics.” (Ralph Ellison)“It's actually a very blackly humorous book, and the humor comes out more and more with each reading. Faulkner at his best.” (Paul, goodreads.com)“Faulkner is one of those rare talents whose use of language makes it feel as if the story is coming out of the center of one's brain, rather than the normally staid input directly through the eyes.” (Paula, goodreads.com)

As I Lay Dying is Faulkner's harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Told in turns by each of the family members—including Addie herself—the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.Quotes from the book:“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.”“People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.”“He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew that that word was like the others: just a shape to fill a lack; that when the right time came, you wouldn't need a word for that any more than for pride or fear...”Readers' reviews:“He is the greatest artist the South has produced. . . . Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century. We must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for greatness of our classics.” (Ralph Ellison)“It's actually a very blackly humorous book, and the humor comes out more and more with each reading. Faulkner at his best.” (Paul, goodreads.com)“Faulkner is one of those rare talents whose use of language makes it feel as if the story is coming out of the center of one's brain, rather than the normally staid input directly through the eyes.” (Paula, goodreads.com)

As I Lay Dying is Faulkner's harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Told in turns by each of the family members—including Addie herself—the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.Quotes from the book:“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.”“People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.”“He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew that that word was like the others: just a shape to fill a lack; that when the right time came, you wouldn't need a word for that any more than for pride or fear...”Readers' reviews:“He is the greatest artist the South has produced. . . . Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century. We must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for greatness of our classics.” (Ralph Ellison)“It's actually a very blackly humorous book, and the humor comes out more and more with each reading. Faulkner at his best.” (Paul, goodreads.com)“Faulkner is one of those rare talents whose use of language makes it feel as if the story is coming out of the center of one's brain, rather than the normally staid input directly through the eyes.” (Paula, goodreads.com)

As I Lay Dying is William Faulkner's seventh novel. The novel is written in a stream of consciousness and follows 15 different characters as they journey to bury Addie Bundren in Jefferson, Mississippi.~Ranked 35th on Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels List~Chosen for Oprah’s Book Club~William Faulkner is the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureExpertly formatted with a linked table of contents. Look for more classic books from Green Light. Visit us at - GreenLighteBooks.tumblr.comTwitter - @GreenLightbooks and facebook.com/greenlightbooks