num_pages: 460
description: One of William 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, 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 brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, one of literature’s great invented landscapes, in all of its unerringly fascinating glory.Along with a new foreword by C. E. Morgan, this edition reproduces the corrected text of Light in August as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.
language: English
title: Light in August: The Corrected Text
titlecomplete: Light in August: The Corrected Text
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: Modern Library