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Light in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, which features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, a lonely outcast haunted by visions of Confederate glory; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
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Light in August, William Faulkner
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- Released
- 1985
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- Title
- Light in August
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Faulkner
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1985
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0679732268
- ISBN13
- 9780679732266
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, USA, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Race, Racism, American South, Southern Gothic, Nobel Prize in Literature, Yoknapatawpha
- First published
- 1932
- Original title
- Light in August
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Light in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, which features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, a lonely outcast haunted by visions of Confederate glory; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.














