“As I Lay Dying” is an epic novel about ten days in the life of the Bundren farming family, who set out for Jefferson (Mississippi) to fulfill the last request of Addie Bundren: to be buried in her hometown, far from the grim backwoods where her family life unfolded. The story is told in the voices of fifteen characters, including Addie herself; in this masterpiece, William Faulkner plunges into the chaotic depths of grief, fear, and secrets that at once separate and hold the family together.