... reaction to the situation. He used this technique to dramatize the complexity of life and the difficulty of arriving at truth. " Reality and life weave together in one of Faulkner's many novels, As I Lay Dying. "William Faulkner's outrageous story of the Bundren family is undoubtedly one of his most complex and enigmatic novels; complex because beneath the surface narrative of a grotesque journey, we are terrifying depths ... , Jan Bakker declares. The sheer insanity of human nature absolutely baffles one and no attitude, excluding only the most enlightened, can solve the problems presen...

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... from their honeymoon the family began to live at Miss Emma Meeks house in Oxford. While living in Oxford, Faulkner wrote a novel called As I Lay Dying. " This book was published on October 6, 1030 by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. Faulkner himself called As I Lay Dying one of Faulkner's best novels, as well as a self-proclaimed "tour de force". The story is about the deception of the Bundren family's quest to Jefferson ... also said to be one of Faulkner's best novels, Light in August tells the compelling story of Joe Christmas, an orphan of ambiguous ancestry who believes himself to b...

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William Faulkner is viewed by many as America's greatest writer of prose fiction. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, where he lived a life filled with good times as well as bad. However, despite bad times he would become known as a poet, a short story writer, and finally one of the greatest contemporary novelists of his time. William Faulkner's accomplishments resulted not only from his love and devotion to ... husband and returned to Oxford with the two children of the marriage, Malcolm and Victoria (known as Cho Cho) . Faulkner got a job working at the university power plant. "In Octob...

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