William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying
eBook
(GoodBook Classics Nov. 3, 2014)
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)
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)
- Pages
- 117
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