📱 eBook en inglés AS I LAY DYING

As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkners fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of the 20th century. The title is derived from William Marriss 1925 translation of Homers Odyssey, referring to the similar themes of both works.
The book is narrated by 15 different characters over 59 chapters. It is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her poor, rural familys quest to honor her wish to be buried in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi, as well as the motives—noble or selfish—they show on the journey.
In the novels opening chapters, Addie is alive but in ill health. She expects to die soon and sits at a window watching as her firstborn child, Cash, builds her coffin. Anse, Addies husband, waits on the porch, while their daughter, Dewey Dell, fans her mother in the July heat. The night after Addie dies, a heavy rainstorm sets in; rivers rise and wash out bridges that the family will need to cross to get to Jefferson.