Light in August.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1959
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Racially mixed people -- Fiction; Pregnant women -- Fiction; Drifters -- Fiction; Mississippi -- Fiction
Description: A novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horesemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancentry.