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Light in August : The Corrected Text (Modern Library)
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Light in August : The Corrected Text (Modern Library)
Author: William Faulkner

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Publisher: Modern Library
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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ISBN-13: 9780679642480 - ISBN-10: 067964248X
Publication Date: 4/2/2002
Pages: 528


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)

Book Description:
One of Faulkner’s most admired and accessible novels, Light in August reveals the great American author at the height of his powers. Lena Grove’s resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich, poignant, and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality. It also acquaints us with several of Faulkner’s most unforgettable characters, including the Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry.

Powerfully entwining these characters’ stories, Light in August vividly brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, one of literature’s great invented landscapes, in all of its impoverished, violent, unerringly fascinating glory.

This edition reproduces the corrected text of Light in August as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.

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