Light In August
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780394747439 (0394747437)
Publish date: January 30th 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 565
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Southern,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic,
Fiction
Light in August is the final book in my Faulkner set and one, in some ways, grander in scope than the previous volumes. Unlike As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury this story is not beholden to one family. We follow a daisy chain from character to character in narrative that incorporates al...
4 stars for Will Patton's wonderful narration and for the story itself, but 3 stars for Faulkner's writing style.
4 stars for Will Patton's wonderful narration and for the story itself, but 3 stars for Faulkner's writing style.
I'm sure I have a deep set predilection when it comes to Faulkner's greatness but regardless I loved this novel and found it much more accessible than The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying.
Prior to our beginning this book, my American Literature professor gave us all a nearly half hour lecture on how terribly difficult this book was going to be to read. That was not the most inspiring thing to hear, but I still launched into Light in August hoping that I would both understand and enjo...
11 years ago
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