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frogjeanine 's review for:
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
does it drag on? yes. are all the characters fundamentally flawed? of course. will you enjoy this book? probably not, but you must acknowledge the beauty and the passion of Faulkner's prose. while "as i lay dying", like many other of his works, seems almost deliberately confusing, at the conclusion, all the loose ends are tied together in a frustrating but successful finale. though the Bundrens' struggle of transporting an unembalmed, decomposing body during the hot Mississippi summer is both unappealing and unrelatable, there is a quality in their journey that speaks to universal, human experience of feeling powerless in a world that's spinning out of control. maybe it's not for everyone, but the bittersweet finish is perfect.