false 77013 40 Faulkner's distinctive narrative structures--the uses of multiple points of view and the inner psychological voices of the characters--in one of its most successful incarnations here in <i>As I Lay Dying</i>. In the story, the members of the Bundren family must take the body of Addie, matriarch of the family, to the town where Addie wanted to be buried. Along the way, we listen to each of the members on the macabre pilgrimage, while Faulkner heaps upon them various flavors of disaster. Contains the famous chapter completing the equation about mothers and fish--you'll see. 481854 book 1930 As I Lay Dying total:15553|5:4857|4:5181|3:3395|2:1294|1:830| 15553 58596 21052 1160 5 28 false false Mon Jul 09 18:56:39 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 15:50:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 8 false false Wed Mar 30 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 26 22:11:43 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 20 15:02:41 -0700 2009
The plot, such as it is, is simple. There's a family that lives in the Deep South of Mississippi or somewhere like that in a ridiculously-hard-to-pronounce county. The mother d...more...]]> 5 6 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Feb 22 15:53:28 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 19 11:52:34 -0700 2008 the more i look into this text the more i realize how carefully Faulkner was when he wrote it...almost every word is packed with significanc...more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon May 12 16:28:34 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 11:11:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Jun 11 10:09:28 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 12 18:11:20 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 11 10:09:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false true Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 23:02:52 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 22:36:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 7 false false Wed Aug 27 09:01:42 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 09:05:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Jan 14 22:37:24 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 23:10:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Apr 16 22:40:43 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 09:37:47 -0800 2007 "In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for sleep, you are not. And when you were filled with sleep, you ne...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Apr 04 09:46:09 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 08:55:26 -0700 2007
I would like to preface this by saying I find few traits in people that allow me to immediately judge ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:35:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:45:30 -0700 2009
At least I was able to understand this one...most of it that is. And the details I didn't get, I read afterwards in the Cliffs Notes book summary. I must s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Feb 07 17:31:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 18:57:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false true Tue Dec 02 12:09:53 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 16 05:57:01 -0700 2009 2
"It's dramatic because there are many different characters, and ironic because Addie's ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Oct 01 15:21:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 21:57:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 17:45:39 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 19:20:11 -0700 2008
The novel tells the story of the Bundren family in their quest to bury their recently deceased (well, she's alive but on her death bed when the story opens) mot...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 17 12:30:29 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:30:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 04 09:06:14 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 10:02:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Apr 16 18:54:15 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 07 19:02:29 -0700 2009
1) polyvocality. Meaning, there are several voi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Sun Mar 02 17:11:49 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:20:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:34:11 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 08:47:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77013