As I Lay Dying is Faulkners harrowing account of the Bundren familys 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. This edition follows the text of As I Lay […]
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character??s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner??s masterpiece […]
Set in the Deep South that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkners finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the final phase of this authors outstanding creative period. The chronicle of an elderly black farmer arrested for the murder of a white man and under threat from the lynch mob, […]