{"product_id":"as-i-lay-dying-william-faulkner-9781515469094","title":"As I Lay Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs I Lay Dying \u003cem\u003eis one of the most influential novels in American modernist literature, a groundbreaking work in which William Faulkner reshaped the possibilities of the novel through stream-of-consciousness narration, fractured perspectives, and stark emotional power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Faulkner's mythic Yoknapatawpha County, this Southern Gothic novel follows the Bundren family as they undertake a harrowing journey across Mississippi to bury their matriarch. Told through the voices of multiple narrators, each chapter reveals the inner lives, obsessions, and private griefs of a family bound together by duty, resentment, love, and loss. The result is an experimental narrative that is at once intimate, unsettling, and profoundly human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornerstone of 20th-century American fiction, \u003cem\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/em\u003e is widely taught in colleges and universities for its radical narrative technique and psychological depth. Readers encounter the defining features of modernist fiction-nonlinear storytelling, interior monologue, symbolic imagery, and moral ambiguity-rendered with Faulkner's unmatched intensity and precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a classic American novel, a Southern literature landmark, and a bold exploration of family, mortality, and identity, \u003cem\u003e As I Lay Dying stands \u003c\/em\u003ealongside \u003cem\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/em\u003e as one of Faulkner's most enduring achievements. Challenging, haunting, and unforgettable, it remains essential reading for students, scholars, and lovers of serious literary fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1515469093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781515469094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e16704 \/ As I Lay Dying\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Faulkner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066814836991,"sku":"9781515469094","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_260b5bd2-91cd-4015-b2b6-690c258ee03e.jpg?v=1768680700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-i-lay-dying-william-faulkner-9781515469094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}