William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying (AudiobookFormat, 1990, Cram Cassettes Study Guides)
audio cassette, 48 pages
English language
Published April 20, 1990 by Cram Cassettes Study Guides.
Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try to transport her body to her birthplace in Mississippi in accordance with her wishes. When a ford across a river is flooded they are forced to take a roundabout route and it becomes a desperate race to complete their mission before the body begins to decompose.
Una vera e propria odissea su questa famiglia che vuole seppellire la madre nella città natale, ad ogni costo. Ogni personaggio, anche secondario, ci parla nei vari capitoli con la propria voce inconfondibile.
Diversi drammi personali che si nascondo sotto al dramma pubblico del lutto.
