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Light In August
William Faulkner

Light In August

Vintage (Oct 05, 2000)
9780099283157
| Paperback
384 pages | 128 x 194 mm | English
Dewey 813

Subject

  • Drifters
  • Fiction / Literary
  • Mississippi
  • Pregnant Women
  • Racially Mixed People

Plot

A landmark in American fiction, "Light in August" explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in Faulkner's complex and tragic world.

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