As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner
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As I Lay Dying

Author: William Faulkner

Narrator: J. Rodney Turner, Cody Roberts, Tiffany Morgan

Unabridged: 6 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2026

Synopsis

A devastating, darkly comic journey into the heart of a Southern familyAs I Lay Dying follows the Bundrens as they set out to honor their dying mother's final wish: to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi. What begins as a simple promise unravels into a harrowing odyssey of flood, fire, loss, and long-buried secrets.Told through a chorus of unforgettable voices, each chapter revealing a different mind, motive, and madness, Faulkner's groundbreaking saga blends raw emotion with piercing psychological depth. As the Bundrens travel across the Mississippi backcountry, their fractured perspectives expose the fragile ties that hold a family together . . . and the forces that threaten to tear it apart.A cornerstone of American literature, As I Lay Dying is an immersive, haunting portrait of grief, duty, and the impossible burden of being part of a family. Perfect for listeners who enjoy Southern Gothic storytelling and richly atmospheric classics.

About William Faulkner

William Faulkner (1897–1962) is a celebrated twentieth-century American author. Much of his work is set in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent much of his life. In 1949, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for his novels The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on August 13, 2017

I've been working up to a William Faulkner book for years. His books always appear on lists of "best books of all time" and "books you should read before you die". But when I've felt in the mood for a classic or something "literary", I've always passed him up for other authors, even those with 1000+......more

Goodreads review by Vit on June 20, 2023

Take life as it comes… Take death as it comes… The quilt is drawn up to her chin, hot as it is, with only her two hands and her face outside. She is propped on the pillow, with her head raised so she can see out the window, and we can hear him every time he takes up the adze or the saw. If we were de......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 21, 2022

Where to start with a masterpiece that is both short like the distance between two thoughts and deep as the thoughts themselves? This is one of Faulkner's true masterpieces: a grotesque road trip with a rotting corpse told in the voices of the extremely dysfunctional and occasionally insane family m......more

Goodreads review by Ademption on September 10, 2010

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HICKS THEY GO TO TOWN......more

Goodreads review by Paul on November 25, 2015

Once you get past the ungainly oddness and wild strangeness which assails you from every direction, then you can see the weirdness which lies beyond. The story, and there is a very strong clear linear narrative here, is wonderfully stupid. A back country family in Mississippi in the 20s has their d......more

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