As I Lay Dying
by William Faulknerliterary work· published 1930
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Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try to transport her body to her birthplace in Mississippi in accordance with her wishes. When a ford across a river is flooded they are forced to take a roundabout route and it becomes a desperate race to complete their mission before the body begins to decompose.
Adaptations (1)
As I Lay Dying was adapted into a 2013 film.
As I Lay Dying2013 · film · 110 min · dir. James Franco · IMDb ↗Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.
