Main Title: As I Lay Dying
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Author: Faulkner, William
First Published: 1930
Publisher Used for Citing: Vintage
Type: Fiction
Period: 20th Century

His eyes are closed, his face is gray, his hair plastered in a smooth smear across his forehead as though done with a paint brush.


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Author-FaulknerWilliam Title-AsILayDying Year-1930 Period-20thCentury Type-Fiction Publisher-Vintage

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