num_pages: 192
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 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: Faulkner's "Light in August"
titlecomplete: Faulkner's "Light in August" (A Midland Book)
characters: Lucas Burch, Eupheus "Doc" Hines, Joanna Burden, Lena Grove, Reverend Gail Hightower, Joe Christmas, Byron Bunch
genres: Classics, Southern, Fiction, Southern Gothic, Novels, Classic Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 60829
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington