Light In August
Book formats
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Paperback No offers
Book short specifications
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Language
- english
- Release date
- October 5, 2000
- ISBN
- 978-0-09-928315-7
- GTIN
- 9780099283157
- Weight, g
- 266
- Publisher's website
- penguin.co.uk
About
A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas — a man doomed, deracinated and alone — wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in Faulkner's complex and tragic world.