Getting Mother's Body
 | An editor has determined that sufficient sources exist to establish the subject's notability. (April 2026) |
Getting Mother's Body: A Novel is a 2003 novel by Suzan-Lori Parks, published by Random House.[1] It was her debut novel, after she previously won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play Topdog/Underdog in 2002.[2] It reimagines William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as about an African American family in Texas in 1963.
References
[edit]- ↑ Naparsteck, Martin (August 3, 2003). "Undying debt to Faulkner". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 45. Retrieved April 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Goldberg, Carole (June 8, 2003). "Talented Parks turns in engaging tale of comic, sad family shenanigans". San Antonio Express-News. p. 129. Retrieved April 1, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
 | This article about a philosophical novel of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |
 | This article about an American novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |
Categories:
- 2003 American novels
- 2003 debut novels
- Works by Suzan-Lori Parks
- Novels about families
- Novels about death
- Novels with multiple narrators
- Novels set in Texas
- 2003 English-language novels
- 2000s comedy novels
- Random House books
- Adaptations of works by William Faulkner
- 2000s novel stubs
- Philosophical novel stubs
- American novel stubs