Light in August
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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 of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry. Powerfully entwining these characters' stories, "Light in August vividly brings to life Faulkner's imaginary South, one of literature's great invented landscapes, in all of its impoverished, violent, unerringly fascinating glory. This edition reproduces the corrected text of "Light in August as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.
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Edition identifiers ISBN-10 1442079770 · ISBN-13 9781442079779
Subjects
- Fiction
- Mississippi in fiction
- Drifters
- Racially mixed people
- Drifters in fiction
- Pregnant women in fiction
- Racially mixed people in fiction
- Pregnant women
- Facsimiles
- American Manuscripts
- Manuscripts
- American fiction
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Edition2009 · Paw Prints
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1442079770
- EAN-13
- 9781442079779
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External search linksAudio CassetteSeptember 1, 1994 · Unabridged Library Edition
- Extent
- 17 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1561002135
- EAN-13
- 9781561002139
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External search linksEditionFebruary 1, 1965 · McGraw-Hill
- Extent
- 480 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 007553648X
- EAN-13
- 9780075536482
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External search linksEdition1968 · Random House
- Extent
- 480 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0394309685
- EAN-13
- 9780394309682
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External search linksPaperbackFebruary 1, 1965 · McGraw-Hill
- Extent
- 480 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 007553648X
- EAN-13
- 9780075536482
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External search linksEditionMarch 12, 1931 · Modern Library
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0394600886
- EAN-13
- 9780394600888
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External search linksAudio CassetteSeptember 1, 1994 · Bookcassette
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1561005886
- EAN-13
- 9781561005888
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External search linksSchool & Library BindingOctober 1999 · Tandem Library
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0808563386
- EAN-13
- 9780808563389
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