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About This Novel

[Douban 9.0 High score classic, the masterpiece of 1949 Nobel Prize writer William Faulkner! Marquez said "Faulkner is my spiritual mentor", Yu Hua said "Faulkner is my master", Faulkner is eternal! A ten-day funeral adventure, with 59 character monologues, grasping the unfinished moment before death, and seeing one's own destiny in the suffering of others. "As I Lay Dying" is the representative work of the 1949 Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. The novel is composed of 59 inner monologues and tells from multiple perspectives the "hard journey" of Bundren, a farmer in the southern United States, who, in order to keep his promise to his wife Addie, led his family to transport Addie's body back to his hometown for burial: the flood almost washed away the coffin, the mule pulling the cart was drowned, the fire almost incinerated the body, some of the children lost a foot, some were in jail, and some lost their beloved horses... It can be called a ten-day funeral adventure. This family is suspicious of each other, does not understand each other, and lives in sorrow. However, it is this family that, facing their fate, resolutely chooses to travel a long distance to complete their mission. They are like this, and so are every one of us. In the wilderness of life, suffering and confrontation go hand in hand. This book presents our past, present and future difficulties and destiny. It is an epic of destiny that "human beings can endure hardships and hardships, and will eventually overcome them."

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