false 10979 34 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. 1595500 1932 Light in August total:6681|5:2282|4:2463|3:1353|2:406|1:177| 6681 26310 9086 426 4 5 false false Sat Sep 20 18:40:50 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 18:41:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 6 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 22 18:29:17 -0700 2007 Mon May 26 16:31:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Mar 30 10:44:29 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:44:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Jan 14 22:33:22 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 22:36:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 08:50:03 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 13:24:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Feb 28 21:55:53 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 21:52:32 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 14:34:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 15:57:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 02:58:39 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 03:04:48 -0700 2008 Light in August. It...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 20:01:28 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 09:20:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Sep 06 18:50:24 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 19:02:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 10:46:31 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 12:19:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 19 18:48:44 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 12 11:02:13 -0700 2008 This is the most accessible epic I've read yet by Faulkner. Instead of the complicated genealogy of Go Down, Moses or the difficult stream of consciousness of The Sound and the Fury, what Light in August offers are...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 18:13:08 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 18:14:30 -0800 2008
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I originally didn't write a review for this book because I was so overwhelmed by it. I didn't even know where to start.

But I also didn't want to start. This book was so incredibly sad to me because all of the characters were so alone. There were constantly l...more...]]>