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As I Lay Dying
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 6 January 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From Nobel Prize–winning author William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying is a masterpiece of Southern Gothic literature and one of the best books of the twentieth century. This gorgeous hardcover edition includes decorated endpapers and a set of brand-new illustrations.
As she nears the end of her life, Addie Bundren wants nothing more than to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. A captivating and stylistically innovative work, the narrative revolves around the grim, yet darkly humorous, pilgrimage as the Bundren family sets out to fulfill her last wish.
Told from fifteen different points of view over fifty-nine chapters, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, and is replete with poignant, complex, violent, and fascinating characters.
Critics Review
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“[As I Lay Dying] is a book that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let you go. By the time you get to the final sentence of the novel, one of the cruelest, most devastating punchlines in all literature, you get the sense that Faulkner achieved what he set out to accomplish with this book—a tour de force.”
Ahmed Honeini, Faulkner Scholar with the University of London
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“A genuinely great comic novel.”
David Hering, Fivebooks
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“Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is a true tour de force.”
BrainChron
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“It’s the style, structure, and refracted, dreamlike narrative voices that make it so compelling…Read As I Lay Dying for an extraordinary experience.”
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“As I Lay Dying is a combination of comedy, horror, and compassion, a narrative woven from the inarticulate desires of a peasant family in conflict.”
Library of America
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“Without a doubt, one of the greatest books of the twentieth century.”
Colin’s Review
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“No man ever put more of his heart and soul into the written word than did William Faulkner.”
Eudora Welty
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“Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for greatness of our classics.”
Ralph Ellison
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Details
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 6 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9798212633390
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Family life fiction
Synopsis
From Nobel Prize–winning author William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying is a masterpiece of Southern Gothic literature and one of the best books of the twentieth century. This gorgeous hardcover edition includes decorated endpapers and a set of brand-new illustrations.As she nears the end of her life, Addie Bundren wants nothing more than to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. A captivating and stylistically innovative work, the narrative revolves around the grim, yet darkly humorous, pilgrimage as the Bundren family sets out to fulfill her last wish.Told from fifteen different points of view over fifty-nine chapters, As I Lay Dying vividly brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, and is replete with poignant, complex, violent, and fascinating characters.
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