480 pages
English language
Published 1959 by Random House.
Light in August.
3 stars
(1 review)
A novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horesemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancentry.
Subjects
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Pregnant women -- Fiction
- Drifters -- Fiction
- Mississippi -- Fiction