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Written by william faulkner, audiobook narrated by scott brick. Light in august is a 1932 novel by the southern american author william faulkner. About excerpt from light in august chapter 1 light in august tells the story of joe christmas, an orphan of ambiguous ancestry who believes himself to be partblack. It belongs to the southern gothic and modernist literary genres set in the authors present day, the interwar period, the novel centers on two strangers, a pregnant white woman and a man who hides his black identity with a white skin. William faulkner light in august 3 publishers note the text of this edition of light in august has been photographed from, and is therefore identical with, a copy of the first printing.

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An oprahs book club selection regarded as one of faulkner s greatest and most accessible novels, light in august is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In it, he compares the plight of the american negro in the earlytwentiethcentury south to the sufferings of jesus christ while interweaving several pointsofview into a coherent tale. In faulkners iconic yoknapatawpha county, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities. Light in august, one of faulkners earlier works in yoknapatawpha county, mississippi, is no exception. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 507 pages and is available in paperback format. This is hosted by allan at big hard books and classics, heres one of. Apr 10, 2020 a few other quality literary works done by the author are light in august and as i lay dying.

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Light in august free audiobook by william faulkner youtube. Audie awardwinning narrator will patton lends his voice to light in august. Joe christmas a man doomed, deracinated and alone wanders the deep south in search of an identity, and a place in society. As such, many features of modernism are present in light in august. The central figure of light in august is the orphan joe christmas, whose mixed blood condemns him to life as an outsider, hated or pitied. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master.