LIGHT IN AUGUST
by WILLIAM FAULKNER
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is one of a mint-condition set of three matching books by the American author William Faulkner (1897-1962). They are first reissues, by his publisher (Random House) of Sanctuary, Light in August and The Sound and the Fury. They are simple red matte boards with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Lovely paper. They do not appear to have been read.
If you want more than one, let me know. You can find them in my store, under American Fiction
This one is Light in August, first published in 1932. The novel centers on two strangers, a pregnant white woman and a man who passes as white but who believes himself to be of mixed ethnicity. In a series of flashbacks, the story reveals how these two people are connected to another man who has deeply impacted both their lives.
This copy: 378 pages, dated 1959. Pristine.
Synopsis
Light in August is a 1932 novel by the American author William Faulkner. Light in August is an exploration of racial conflict in the society of the Southern United States. Originally Faulkner planned to call the novel Dark House, which also became the working title for Absalom, Absalom! Supposedly, one summer evening while sitting on a porch, his wife remarked on the strange quality that light in the south has during the month of August.
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- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1229
- Title
- LIGHT IN AUGUST
- Author
- WILLIAM FAULKNER
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Re-Issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 378
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Fiction;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....