num_pages: 507
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.
language: English
title: Light in August
titlecomplete: Light in August
characters: Lena Grove, Lucas Burch, Reverend Gail Hightower, Byron Bunch, Joanna Burden, Eupheus "Doc" Hines, Joe Christmas
genres: 20th Century, American, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 60821
places: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Vintage