Light in August
Subtitle: the corrected text
By: William Faulkner.
Edition: 2002 Modern Library ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
Subjects: Racially mixed people -- Fiction; Pregnant women -- Fiction; Drifters -- Fiction; Mississippi -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "One of 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, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry." "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 impoverished, violent, unerringly fascinating glory.".

"This edition reproduces the corrected text of Light in August as established in 1985 by Noel Polk."--BOOK JACKET.