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Faulkner, William,
1897-1962.
Light in August :
the corrected text /
William Faulkner.
Vintage international ed.
New York :
Vintage Books,
1990.
512 p. ;
21 cm.
Originally published: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932.
"This revised text and the notes are reprinted from Novels 1930-1935 by William Faulkner, published by the Library of America, 1985, by permission"--T.p. verso.
This book is part of a three book set and includes a reader's guide.
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. Light in August is the story of Lena Grove's search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkner's most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
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Racially mixed people
Fiction.
Pregnant women
Fiction.
Drifters
Fiction.
Stream of consciousness fiction.
Mississippi
Fiction.