As I Lay Dying (Annotated): A Collector's Edition complete with a unique chapter-by-chapter explainer

This Annotated Collector's Edition gives youA biography of William Faulkner and the “giant” ancestors that shaped himA full novel overview covering the plot and the radical and innovative techniques Faulkner used59 original chapter-by-chapter explainers helping you to understand the storyHave you ever wanted to read this famously dark yet funny story about a family odyssey across the fictional Mississippi with a decomposing body?Have you ever started this story about the secret motivations of the different characters, but given up because you couldn't follow it?What if, with the right companion reading guide beside you, the novel that sparked your interest became one of the most extraordinary reading experiences of your life?Number ONE New Release in Classic American FictionThis is your comprehensive Annotated Collector’s Edition to As I Lay Dying by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner William Faulkner. As well as the complete, unabridged original text of As I Lay Dying, first published in 1930, in this version you will learn about Faulkner's upbringing in his beloved Mississippi and his journey to becoming an author. You will gain an insight into the inspiring narrative techniques Faulkner used, so that you arrive at the first chapter already oriented.This new version provides you with a unique companion reading guide - 59 original chapter-by-chapter annotations to help you navigate what is considered one of the greatest novels to come out of the American South.This latest Collector’s Edition also provides you with three different reading strategies:Read the full novel overview and chapter-by-chapter explainer sections first, to prepare and orient yourself before reading the novelRead the chapter-by-chapter explainer alongside reading the novelRead the novel first and then enjoy those “ah-ha” moments by reading the chapter-by-chapter explainer afterwardsAbout As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying is William Faulkner's fifth novel, written in just 48 days while he worked night shifts shoveling coal, and it is consistently ranked among the greatest works of 20th-century American literature. It tells the story of the Bundren family - a stubborn patriarch, five children, a mule-drawn wagon, and a nine-day journey across flood-ravaged, fire-touched rural Mississippi to fulfill their mother's dying wish to be buried in her hometown. Along the way, the journey exposes the private motives, secrets, and quiet cruelties that hold the family together and tear it apart.Faulkner tells this story through 15 different narrators across 59 short chapters, with no single reliable voice, no straightforward timeline, and no tidy resolution. He does not explain himself. Many readers feel lost. That is not a failure of intelligence - it is a failure of context.So, how did one of the strangest novels in American literature get written in just 48 nights, by a man who claimed he didn't change a single word? This book is for you if you want to know why As I Lay Dying is considered a masterpiece, and not just rely on being told that it is - this is your edition. Other editions give you the text. This edition gives you the understanding to truly devour it. A must have classic for your bookshelf.Scroll up and add this book to your cart today. Read more