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Light in August
By William Faulkner
Foreword by C. E. Morgan
Read by Scott Brick
Part of Vintage International
Part of Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics
Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks
Jan 30, 1991 | 528 Pages
Apr 02, 2002 | 496 Pages
May 18, 2011 | 528 Pages
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Apr 18, 2006 | 1043 Minutes
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About Light in August
"Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window." —William Faulkner
Light in August, 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 horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner—also available are Snopes, As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short Stories
One of William 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, plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry. Powerfully 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 unerringly fascinating glory. Along with a new Foreword by C. E. Morgan, this edition reproduces the corrected text of Light in August as established in 1985 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk.
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About William Faulkner
William Faulkner, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He published his first book, The Marble Faun, in 1924, but it is as a literary chronicler of life in… More about William Faulkner
Published by Vintage
Jan 30, 1991 | 528 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679732266
Published by Modern Library
Apr 02, 2002 | 496 Pages | 5-3/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780679642480
Ebook | $12.99
May 18, 2011 | 528 Pages | ISBN 9780307792174
Audiobook Download | $25.00
Published by Random House Audio
Apr 18, 2006 | 1043 Minutes | ISBN 9780739341520
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"For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics." —Ralph Ellison