Light in August V189 (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Light in August V189 Saturday, August 8 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Light in August V189 Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: William Faulkner: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Joseph Blotner: (Primary None)
• Added a contributor: Dick Hill: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Light in August V189 Friday, July 17 2009.

• Sitting beside the road, watching the wagon mount the hill toward her, Lena thinks, 'I have come from Alabama: a fur piece.