As I Lay Dying

Few novels delve into the depths of the human psyche as effectively as William Faulkner’s eccentric novel, As I Lay Dying. Written in a stream-of-consciousness style and narrated by fifteen different characters, As I Lay Dying not only reflects the religious and moral values of a family torn by the death of its matriarch, but it sprouts forth each and every characters’ innermost thoughts and feelings, suspended in a timeless setting where past, present, …

…by love, caring, and family values. Each member of the Bundren family has no sense of what the other feels, no sense of what should bring them together in this supposedly grief-stricken time of their lives. They travel together, but they travel alone. They endure an odyssey, yet they all battle their own monsters. Their weakness makes them a family of lonely warriors, with all odds against them and no bond to get them through.