Review: Light in August

Light in August by William Faulkner

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This is time I’d like to have back to read something else. As an author and English teacher I felt guilty because I’d never made myself sit through a William Faulkner novel. Sure, I like “A Rose for Emily” and teach it regularly, but every time I’ve tried to read one of his novels I put it down after a couple of chapters. This time I stuck with it to the end.

A few things happen in this book. I’m not sure you can say a story takes pl...