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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)

Light in August

William Faulkner

Paperback | Pages: 507 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 51342 Users | 2400 Reviews

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Title	:	Light in August
Author	:	William Faulkner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary 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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"Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders". Are there many such novels that delve deep into our souls and that makes us suffer and weep? I believe there are many, but not many that imprison us in its tidings and with their beauty in such a way that escape is an impossibility. Yes, we cannot run away any less than its wretched characters could. Indeed, William Faulkner in Light in August wrote a tragedy set in the fictional

A couple of thoughts Ill tie together: 1) I read a BBC article that suggests a large percentage of people keep books on their shelf to impress others rather than to read them. 2) As young students, teachers take us to the library and allow us to pick out whatever book we like (as long as were not just trying to avoid reading by picking out a pamphlet), but by the time we reach high school and college, its assigned. Though I believe an educators recommendation to be valuable, I believe taking

Published in 1932, this classic American southern gothic novel, set during Prohibition, follows the intersecting lives of five people not following a traditional path in life. They are viewed as outsiders because they do not adhere to social norms. Joe Christmas is an orphan who is abused as a child and believes he is of mixed racial ancestry but has no proof. He is searching for his place in the world. Lena Grove is in an unwed pregnant young woman looking for the father of her unborn child.

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

This novel is my first experience of William Faulkners writing. I was drawn to it partly because one of my favourite novelists, John Steinbeck, was a great admirer of Faulkners work and partly because I felt it was time to fill the gap in my literary education caused by my unfamiliarity with one of the great novelists of the 20th century. My research into which of Faulkners novels to start with indicated that Light in August is one of his more accessible works. This proved to be so, or at least,

You start off with the one story, all right. In the background theres something bizarre, and you can instantly make up your mind about what it is, or not bother with it at all, like you do in life or any story. Then, a few chapters pass, and like a boxers feint now that background is the story: and its so different up close, all your judgements are useless, it makes your mouth gape open to see whats really going on. Now the original story is in the background and something new thats bizarre:

While Faulkner is a beautiful writer he is very depressing. I lost interest after 100 plus pages, so I really can't even say that I read the book. What did me in was his flashbacks. It was okay for one chapter, but chapter after chapter revealed flashbacks, and this during the time when I found the book so interesting. My thought was to skip them and get on with the book, but so many chapters were on it. I will keep the book and keep trying. P.S. I gave in and finished the book. It never got