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noted at 11:16AM 07/03/09
sanctuary is more vivid and in depth read... but another great faulkner write... he will paint your mind with imaginary of what historical southern life is like.

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As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text (Modern Library)
William Faulkner


One of William Faulkner's finest novels, As I Lay Dying was originally published in 1930, and remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Told through multiple voices, it vividly brings to life Faulkner's imaginary South, one of the great invented land ... read more

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