Light in August / William Faulkner.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Vintage classicsLondon : Vintage, 2005©1932 Description: 380 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780099283157 (paperback)Subject(s): Murderers -- Mississippi -- Fiction | Pregnant women -- Mississippi -- Fiction | Mississippi -- Race relations -- Fiction | Mississippi -- FictionLOC classification: PS3511.A86 L53 2005Summary: 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 the author's complex and tragic world.