Light in August [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Faulkner, William

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ISBN 10: 0099283158 ISBN 13: 9780099283157

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2001

Riassunto

A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner's central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep South in search of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perverted God-fearing lover, it becomes inevitable that he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet after the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in Faulkner's complex and tragic world.

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Recensione

"Burns throughout with a fierce indignation against cruelty, stupidity and prejudice - a great book" (Spectator)

"Faulkner has inexhaustible invention, powerful imagination, and he writes, generally, like an angel" (Arnold Bennett)

"By universal consent of critics and common readers, Faulkner is now recognised as the strongest American novelist of the century, clearly surpassing (Ernest) Hemingway and (Scott) Fitzgerald, and standing as an equal in the sequence that includes Hawthorne, Melville, Mark Twain and Henry James" (Harold Bloom)

"Magisterial" (Independent)

Descrizione del libro

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099283158
• ISBN 13: 9780099283157
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384