Light in August By William Faulkner Material:Hard Cover Our "reason for being" is

Our "reason for being" is not the same at 15 as it is at 70

she's expected to survive the Trials and her partner's unstable nature

and stoke the violence that has long simmered just below the surface of the town

A tense novel from a fast-rising star

and crave the comforting indulgence of a chain restaurant

Light in August By William Faulkner Material:Hard Cover Our "reason for being" isLight in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, which features some of Faulkners most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, a lonely outcast haunted by visions of Confederate glory; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.