Light in August (Vintage Classics)
by WILLIAM FAULKNER | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0099283158 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0099283158 Global Overview for this book
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Synopsis
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 lover, he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. this novel explores the nature of evil.
About the Author
William Faulkner was born in 1897 in Mississippi. He left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers but was still in training when the war ended. Returning home he studied at the University of Mississippi. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. He died in 1962.
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 lover, he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. this novel explores the nature of evil.
About the Author
William Faulkner was born in 1897 in Mississippi. He left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers but was still in training when the war ended. Returning home he studied at the University of Mississippi. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. He died in 1962.
