Light in August, William Faulkner
Light in August, William Faulkner
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Light in August

Author: William Faulkner

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 16 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/18/2006

Synopsis

From the Nobel Prize winner—one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the twentieth century—a novel set in the American South during Prohibition about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality.

Light in August 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 horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.

“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out the window.” —William Faulkner

About The Author

WILLIAM CUTHBERT FAULKNER was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, and As I Lay Dying, among many other  remarkable books. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.

Reviews

Goodreads review by William2 on March 05, 2023

It occurs to me on reading Light in August for the third time, that if America were ever to try to come to terms with its legacy of slavery--unlikely now at this late date--but if it ever were to empanel some kind of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, like the one South Africa had after apartheid,......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer on May 16, 2019

Light in August, William Faulkner's Portraits of Loneliness and Isolation A Note Regarding This Review Today marks the Anniversary of the Death of William Faulkner, July 6, 1962. In remembrance of him and in gratitude his works making me a man better capable of understanding others, I repost this revi......more

Goodreads review by Candi on May 27, 2019

I’m not going to attempt to write an erudite review of this book, because then I would simply be revealing the glaring holes in my Faulkner education. A scholarly write-up of this brilliant man’s work is best left to students of college literature classes or perhaps a well-taught AP English course o......more

Goodreads review by Paul on June 11, 2020

I can’t figure out if reading Faulkner – particularly THIS one – at the very time of the massive George Floyd protests is hideously inappropriate or exactly the right thing to do. All I knew when I started was that I wanted to give Faulkner another shot. Many years ago I laboured heroically through......more

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on December 05, 2024

Faulkner writes prose that pauses to pour itself a drink and gets sidetracked telling you about the bottle and I think that is beautiful.......more

Quotes

“For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics.” —Ralph Ellison

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