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Light in August , a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, 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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Obras maestras de la literatura contemporánea - 14: Luz de agosto, William Faulkner, Enrique Sordo
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- Released
- 1983
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- Language
- Spanish
- Authors
- William Faulkner, Enrique Sordo
- Publisher
- Seix Barral
- Released
- 1983
- Format
- Other
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 8432221740
- ISBN13
- 9788432221743
- 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
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- Light in August , a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, 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.