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Light in August

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1985 - Fiction - 528 pages
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.

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I loved Faulkner's descriptive prose. - Goodreads
The pacing agonizingly slow. - Goodreads
Excellent. The writing was very passionate. - Goodreads
Third, Faulkner's characterisation intrigues me. - Goodreads
I don't even know where to begin to describe the plot. - Goodreads
Some good story telling and originality. - Overstock.com

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User Review  - Max - Goodreads

A depiction of a hopeless time and place filled with lost souls who can find no comfort in life. Whether a vessel of uncontrollable rage (Joe Christmas), or a self-serving fly-by-night (Joe Brown aka ... Read full review

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User Review  - Casey - Goodreads

I loved Faulkner's descriptive prose. The story was so well told weaving seamlessly through different characters. I am not sure whether the white men in this book were more afraid of black people or ... Read full review

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Contents

Chapter 1
3
Chapter 2
31
Chapter 3
57
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Light in August - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vintage Catalog | Light in August by William Faulkner
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Light in August: About the Novel: A Brief Synopsis - cliffsnotes
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