description: The tragicomic story of a girl searching for the father of her unborn child, the disgraced minister who dreams of Confederate cavalry charges, and the desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry. Amid the ruins of the Old South, they play out the eternal struggle of hope and despair, life and death.
language: English
title: Light In August
titlecomplete: Light In August (Library of America)
characters: Joanna Burden, Eupheus "Doc" Hines, Byron Bunch, Reverend Gail Hightower, Lena Grove, Lucas Burch, Joe Christmas
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Southern, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 60821
places: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Vintage