William Faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying
At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family’s bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member—including Addie—and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie’s life.
—from the inside flap of the Vintage 1991 edition to As I Lay Dying
He is the greatest artist the South has produced. …Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century [yet] for all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics.
—Ralph Ellison, from the back cover of the Vintage International edition, 1993
Meeting times and locations:
- Monday, July 18, 7 p.m., the first floor Conference Room of the Warner Building
- Monday, July 25, 7 p.m., the first floor Conference Room of the Warner Building
Where can I purchase this book?
Copies of As I Lay Dying are now available at Accent on Books, on Merrimon Avenue, at discounted price, thanks to parishioner, Lewis Sorrells.
The All Souls Book Group is the nucleus of the Kay Falk Literary Project, which is centered at the Cathedral as part of its teaching mission. For more information, please contact Emilie White at etwhite8@charter.net.