resipiscent rated As I lay dying: 5 stars
As I lay dying by William Faulkner (William Faulkner manuscripts ;)
Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family of a dead woman try …
Read this as the spider weaves its web, make a character map as you go! Set in present-day Oakland, each chapter told from a different character's perspective with a central (apocryphal?) chapter unattributed to any voice. Not exactly the caliber of a Wm. Faulkner, Leslie Marmon Silko or Ana Castillo but comparable, Orange has some lurches but his wordcraft is very fine, it's story compelling and authentic. There some implausible marksmanship but thankfully no magic realism, readers are expected to keep up, for plot coherenece best to knock it out in one or two reading sessions.
