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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21525352 Title: Light in August : the corrected text Author: William Faulkner Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN/ISSN: 0679732268 : 9780679732266 0808563386 9780808563389 OCLC:21525352

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Light in August : the corrected text

Author:	William Faulkner
Publisher:	New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
Series:	Vintage international
Edition/Format:	Book : Fiction : English : Vintage international edView all editions and formats
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 of 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 Read more... 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 of 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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Genre/Form:	Allegories., Stream of consciousness fiction.
Material Type:	Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	William Faulkner Find more information about:
ISBN:	0679732268 : 9780679732266 0808563386 9780808563389
OCLC Number:	21525352
Notes:	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.
Description:	512 p. ; 21 cm.
Series Title:	Vintage international
Responsibility:	William Faulkner.
More information:	Publisher description

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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 of 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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