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As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic [1] novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of the 20th century. [2] [3] [4] The title is derived from William Marris's 1925 translation of Homer's Odyssey, [5] referring to the similar themes of both works.
William Cuthbert Faulkner (/ ˈ f ɔː k n ər /; [1] [2] September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life.
Not set in Yoknapatawpha County. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1955. [12] 1957 The Town: Random House The second book in Faulkner's Snopes trilogy. [13] 1959 The Mansion: Random House The third book in Faulkner's Snopes trilogy. [14] 1962 The Reivers: Random House Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for ...
At Faulkner's behest, subsequent printings of The Sound and the Fury frequently contain the appendix at the end of the book; it is sometimes referred to as the fifth part. Written sixteen years after The Sound and the Fury , the appendix shows textual differences from the novel, but serves to clarify the novel's opaque story.
Susi, Pierce and Neff all joined As I Lay Dying in 2022, eight years after the band's founder and lead singer Tim Lambesis pled guilty in 2014 to attempting to hire an undercover sheriff's ...
Three members of metalcore band As I Lay Dying have abruptly quit, leaving behind singer Tim Lambesis who was convicted in 2014 of hiring a hitman to kill his wife.. The three departing band ...
Several members of the controversial metal band As I Lay Dying have abruptly left the group, citing undisclosed “personal” issues. “My time playing with As I Lay Dying has come to an end today.
Faulkner once headed a troop of Boy Scouts but the administrators removed him from his position after the release of the book. [7] Gene D. Phillips of Loyola University of Chicago wrote that because audiences were preoccupied with lurid scenes instead of its moral philosophy, the book was a "best seller for all of the wrong reasons". [12]