{"product_id":"as-i-lay-dying-9781515469094","title":"As I Lay Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Faulkner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Small Town \u0026amp; Rural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Wilder Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595354751127,"sku":"9781515469094","price":1671.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781515469094.webp?v=1774989463","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/as-i-lay-dying-9781515469094","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}