by William Faulkner · Adelphi Company · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845921896
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«Mentre morivo» is the novel by William Faulkner, published by Adelphi in paperback (240 pages, in Italian).
The story centres on the journey of the Bundren family, from rural Mississippi, to bury the matriarch Addie in her native Jefferson. The narration is shared among fifteen different characters, whose voices intertwine and offer multiple perspectives on death, poverty and family.
Original title: As I Lay Dying (1930). Italian edition published in the Gli Adelphi collection, edited by Mario Materassi.
Intended for readers of American narrative classics who want to approach Faulkner in his Italian translation.
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
