"To declare that Light in August is William Faulkner's finest work would be to invoke debate of irreconcilable conclusion. Yet for many followers of Faulkner, this novel showcases many of his best moments and characters. As usual, he mines the rich soil of Mississippi mud to create his subjects, this time in the form of Reverend Gail Hightower, Lena Grove and Joe Christmas. The issue of black and white and rich and poor is prevalent, tho ..."
"“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, dauntles ..."
"Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man.From the Trade Paperback edition."
LightinAugust(Updated) The Corrected Text by William Faulkner, C. E. Morgan Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2002 by Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-679-64248-0, ISBN: 0-679-64248-X
"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 Gro ..."
LIGHTINAUGUST(Updated) (Vintage Classics) by William Faulkner Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2000 by Vintage/Ebury (A Division Of Random ISBN-13: 978-0-09-928315-7, ISBN: 0-09-928315-8
"Broschiertes BuchA 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' ..."
LightinAugust The Corrected Text by William Faulkner Paperback, 565 Pages, Published 1987 by Vintage Books ISBN-13: 978-0-394-74743-9, ISBN: 0-394-74743-7
"An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In Faulkner's iconic Yoknapatawpha County, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities. Audie Award-winning narrator Will Patton lends his voice to Light in August. ..."
LightInAugust (Picador Classics) by William Faulkner Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1992 by Pan Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-330-31743-6, ISBN: 0-330-31743-1
"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 o ..."
LightinAugust by William Faulkner Paperback, Published 1968 by Mcgraw Hill Text ISBN-13: 978-0-394-30968-2, ISBN: 0-394-30968-5
LightInAugust. by William Faulkner Hardcover, Published 1967 by Random House Inc (T) ISBN-13: 978-0-394-43335-6, ISBN: 0-394-43335-1
LightinAugust by Faulkner, William Softcover, Published 2023 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-42260-3, ISBN: 0-393-42260-7
LightinAugust by William Faulkner 528 Pages, Published 2011 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-79217-4, ISBN: 0-307-79217-X
"For further information on Light in August, consult Twentieth Century
Interpretations of Light in August: A Collection of Critical Essays, ed. by David L.
Minter (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1969); François Pitavy, Faulkner's “
Light in August” (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, rev. ed., 1973); Regina K
. Fadiman, Faulkner's “Light in August”: A Description and Interpretation of the
Revisions (Charlottesville: Univer ..."
LightinAugust (Modern Library, 88.6) by William Faulkner Hardcover, 378 Pages, Published 1931 by Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-394-60088-8, ISBN: 0-394-60088-6
"... Virginia 1957-1958, ed. Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner (Char-
lottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1959), p. 74. 10. Regina K. Fadiman,
Faulkner's "Light in August": A Description and Interpretation of the Revisions (
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1975), pp. 33-4. 11. "An Introduction
for The Sound and the Fury," 709. 12. Carl F. W. Ficken suggests in "A Textual
and Critical Study of William Faul ..."
"And Aunt Jenny had come to live with us now so we had the garden (Drusilla
would no more have bothered with flowers than Father himself would have, who
even now, even four years after it was over, still seemed to exist, breathe, in that
last ..."
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 270 Pages, Published 2013 by Harperperennial Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-4434-2886-6, ISBN: 1-4434-2886-8
"Set in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, As I Lay Dying tells the story of the dysfunctional Bundren family as they set out to fulfill Addie Bundren’s dying wish."
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-307-79214-3, ISBN: 0-307-79214-5
"He sat perfectly still, leaning forward a little, staring at the negro leaning against
the counter, in whom only the slight shrinkage of the jaws revealed the old man,
in threadbare mohair trousers such as Grover Cleveland or President Taft might ..."