As I'm Dying
About This Novel
This version of "As I Lay Dying" is designated and recommended by four well-known writers, Mai Jia, Su Tong, Alai, and Ma Jiahui, with an in-depth interpretation of the preface by writer Su Tong, winner of the Mao Dun Literary Award. "As I Lay Dying" is a famous work by Nobel Prize winner Faulkner. The novel is composed of fifty-nine stanzas of inner monologues. It tells the story from multiple perspectives of the "suffering journey" of Bundren, a farmer in the southern United States, who in order to keep his promise to his wife, led his family to transport his wife's body back to his hometown for burial. Despite all the stupidity, selfishness, and barbaric behavior of the family, in order to respect the feelings of their relatives, they overcame huge difficulties and obstacles and fulfilled their promise. The novel demonstrates Faulkner's superb creative skills and brings him international reputation. It is known as "the most outstanding beginning of an American novel in the 20th century."
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