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Light in August : the corrected text / William Faulkner.

By: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
Material type: Book; Format: print; Literary form: Fiction Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1990
Summary:
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 od 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.
Series:
Vintage international
Edition:
Vintage international ed.
Description:
512 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
0679732268 :
0808563386
Subject(s):
Racially mixed people -- Fiction
Pregnant women -- Fiction
Drifters -- Fiction
Mississippi -- Fiction
Genre/Form:
Allegories.
Stream of consciousness fiction.
Summary:
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 od 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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Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Pacific Grove Public Library Adult Fiction FIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 06/26/2024 37487002004352
Total holds: 0

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.

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 od 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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