{"product_id":"as-i-lay-dying","title":"As I Lay Dying","description":"\u003cb\u003eA true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others, the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew what the last word would be and almost where the last period would fall.\" --William Faulkner on \u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition reproduces the corrected text of\u003ci\u003e As I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM CUTHBERT FAULKNER was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom!\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other remarkablebooks. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France's Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49411623256338,"sku":"9780679732259","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/3510493.jpg?v=1717475425","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/as-i-lay-dying","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}