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Title	:	Light in August
Author	:	William Faulkner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 507 pages
Published	:	January 30th 1991 by Vintage (first published March 12th 1932)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Literature. Novels

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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 characters: 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.

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Original Title:	Light in August
ISBN:	0679732268 (ISBN13: 9780679732266)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Lena Grove, Lucas Burch, Byron Bunch, Joe Christmas, Joanna Burden, Reverend Gail Hightower, Eupheus "Doc" Hines
Setting:	Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi(United States)

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It occurs to me on reading Light in August for the third time in twenty years, that if America were ever to try to come to terms with its legacy of slavery--unlikely now at this late date--but if it ever were to empanel some kind of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, like the one South Africa had after apartheid, and which seems especially needed now that we are mourning the shooting deaths by cops of so many unarmed black men, then William Faulkner's novels, certainly this one, should be part

3.5 stars rounded up. This is a heavyweight story with big themes and fascinating characters. However, for me it was not an easy story to read, so I was happy to be reading it with a GRs group, On the Southern Literary Trail. Some in the group say this is one of the easier of Faulkners stories. Not sure I'd want to read a harder one. Maybe. It feels like multiple stories twisted into a braid; its not a loose braid either, its dense, packed tight. There is some stream of consciousness that makes

The sins of the father, the sins of the mother, the sins of the deep and the golden dark.I've heard mentions of Light in August being one of Faulkner's most accessible works. Fitting, then, that it be the second of my readings, the first having been The Sound and the Fury. For I thought I found something in the first worth searching for in the rest, but as you and many an English Literature student know, TSatF isn't the place for certainty. Here, I found that Faulkner knew what he was doing.I

A dark and compelling slice of Southern Gothic with a prose which is easily recognisable as 'Faulkneresque' that showcases his ability to write about the awful deep south at a time of serious racial prejudice, misogyny and the preaching of religion through the eyes of both men of the cloth and those who are deluded and fanatical. Featuring some of Faulkner's most memorable characters including the dauntless Lena Grove searching for the father of her unborn child, Reverend Hightower who is

Lena Grove travels, on foot and with the aid of strangers, through the South in search of the father of her unborn child. Her journey introduces the reader to a variety of characters, including the child's father, a man who falls in love with Lena, and a biracial man named Christmas. Like Lena, all of these characters have stories to tell, and Faulkner interweaves a number of back stories and histories in the body of this book. One of his more accessable texts, Light in August is easy to get in

Light in August, William Faulkner's Portraits of Loneliness and IsolationA Note Regarding This ReviewToday marks the Anniversary of the Death of William Faulkner, July 6, 1962. In remembrance of him and in gratitude his works making me a man better capable of understanding others, I repost this review of my Favorite novel by William Faulkner, Light in August. My Mother died following a lengthy and grueling illness. I had been her caregiver as I had promised her I would. I promised that she would

After some 45+ years, I have finally read Light in August again. What amazes me is how little beyond the basic character details I remembered. I also increasingly believe that I read Faulkner better with more life experience than I did when younger. I have been finding that true with many classics.As for the novel itself, I dont plan a lengthy review. I have noted many sections I like using status updates (such a great way to sneak in a lot of quotations). Essentially this novel is many lives