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As I Lay Dying is een in 1930 gepubliceerde roman van de Amerikaanse schrijver William Faulkner. In 1987 verscheen bij De Bezige Bij een vertaling van Rien Verhoef onder de titel Terwijl ik al heenging, die in 2007 werd heruitgegeven bij Eldorado. Faulkner schreef het boek in zes weken, terwijl hij werkte op een …

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Abner Snopes is accused of burning Mr. Harris’s barn, and his son, Colonel Sartoris Snopes (“Sarty”) is convinced that the people of the court are his family’s enemies. Sarty fiercely aligns himself with his father, placing his loyalty to blood and kin above his faith in the justice system. “Barn Burning” is a prequel …

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Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a short story collection by William Faulkner published by Random House in 1950. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1951. The publication of this collection of 42 stories was authorized and supervised by Faulkner himself, who came up with the themed section headings.