Light in August
William Faulkner
Apr 2006 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Scott Brick
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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
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
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IT MAY HAVE SUPERFICIALLY BEEN FORCED TO DO BY THE INHERITORS OF ABE LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, LIKE FREDERICK DOUGLAS OR THE QUOTE: 'LIBERAL NORTH.' IT, THAT IS DIXIE HAS RENEGED ON EVERY CONCESSION IT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AS A CAPTIVE VASSAL STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO OUR CHAGRIN AND DEMISE HAS CATAPULTED A WHITE RACIST SUPREMACIST TO THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WE BELATEDLY REALIZE NOW IS USING MOB MONEY, INGENUITY, CRAFTINESS, CUNNING, ARTIFICE AND SO MUCH MUCH MORE TO DESTROY THIS NATION CONCEIVED IN JUSTICE, EQUALITY, LIBERTY AND CHRISTIAN PRECEPTS FOR ALL. THE SOUTH IS CHUCKLING TO ITSELF SECRETLY AND CLEVERLY PLANNING ITS NEXT CHAOTIC K.O PUNCH TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BRING IT DOWN SO IT NEVER GETS UP AGAIN <<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>> PART III NEXT
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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.
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