Have you ever read, "As I Lay Dying"? Is it good?
2007-01-06 09:21:43 · 3 answers · asked by cannonball 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I know that he was a Southern Gentleman and after failing as a poet (not failing exactly, just not doing as well as he would have liked) he wrote "As I lay dying." while working as a night watchman for a Dam.
His writing is very southern specific, Mississippi specific really.
He was interesting... Not my favorite so I don't know much more but "As I lay Dying was his best I think? But I like the Sound and the Fury too... Light in August is another of my favorites...
He is just very Southern... I am a northern Girl, a true blue yank so... Like I said, he is good, for what he is, but not counted among my favorites.
It (as I lay dying) is composed of over 50 seperate internal monologues... That... in and of itself is impressive. I wonder how he kept track? Must have been really boring in the Dam?
He appears to come off as a bit of a racist (being influenced by the condition of the South in the early 1800's to mid 1900's. But it is not true... He was not a racist so much as a realistic observer of his time and his surroundings...
2007-01-06 09:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I think William Faulkner is a big prevert, who doesn't really like women. I have started read 'As I Lay Dying,' but I couldn't finish reading it.
2007-01-06 10:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by amazon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His writing is very dense and difficult to follow from a plot point of view, but it is also very rewarding, and I believe "As I Lay Dying" is one of his best.
2007-01-06 09:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by angel_deverell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋