When I Was Dying. The Sanctuary

«When I Was Dying» — a novel-odyssey about ten days in the life of the Bandren farmers, who gathered for the funeral of the family matriarch Addie. The uniqueness of the work lies in the fact that there is not... a single word of the author's speech. The entire plot consists of a series of monologues by fourteen characters, including the unforgettable monologue of Addie herself… «The Sanctuary» – a novel that caused a real literary scandal. Some critics called it «a Greek tragedy with a detective plot», while others accused it of immorality and indecency. A brazen and desperate guy from the lower classes – and a bored beautiful aristocrat who became his victim. A representative of the «old school» of honest lawyers – and a nervous young intellectual searching for truth in wine. All these characters are arranged by Faulkner, like pieces on a chessboard, who are to play a game in the complex and cruel game called «life»…