Who wrote the novel 'As I Lay Dying'?

"As I Lay Dying" is a novel by the American writer William Faulkner, published in 1930.

About the novel:

It tells the story of the poor Bundren family in rural Mississippi. After the death of the mother, Addie Bundren, her husband Anse and their children set out on a long and difficult journey to carry her coffin to her hometown of Jefferson for burial, as she had wished.

On the way, they face floods, fire and many misfortunes, and the journey reveals the selfish motives and inner conflicts of each family member.

The novel is told by 15 different narrators in 59 short sections, using the "stream of consciousness" technique, which shows the characters' thoughts directly.

Faulkner claimed he wrote it in about six weeks while working night shifts at a power plant.

About William Faulkner (1897-1962):

• He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, USA.
• Most of his novels are set in Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional county based on his home area of Lafayette County, Mississippi.
• His works deal with the history of the American South, race, family, decline and memory.
• His famous novels include "The Sound and the Fury" (1929), "Light in August" (1932), "Absalom, Absalom!" (1936) and "Go Down, Moses".
• He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize twice.

Other famous American writers:

• Ernest Hemingway: "The Old Man and the Sea", "A Farewell to Arms".
• John Steinbeck: "The Grapes of Wrath", "Of Mice and Men".
• Mark Twain: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
• Scott Fitzgerald: "The Great Gatsby".
• Toni Morrison: "Beloved".

Stream of consciousness writers:

• James Joyce: "Ulysses" (1922).
• Virginia Woolf: "Mrs Dalloway" (1925) and "To the Lighthouse".

Why not the other options?

• ✗Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Old Man and the Sea".
• ✗John Steinbeck wrote "The Grapes of Wrath".
• ✗Mark Twain wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".