by William Faulkner · Seix Barral · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432221743
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«Luz de agosto» is the novel by William Faulkner, published by Seix Barral in hardcover (411 pages, in Spanish).
Two narrative threads run through this work about the American South: the journey of Lena Grove, a pregnant young woman searching for the father of her child, and the tormented life of Joe Christmas, a mixed-race man who does not fit into a society marked by segregation. They are joined by Reverend Gail Hightower, a character trapped by visions of his past, in an exploration of identity, isolation and racial tensions.
Originally published in 1932 as «Light in August», it is one of the central novels of Faulkner's first creative period, alongside «El ruido y la furia», «Mientras agonizo» and «¡Absalón, Absalón!».
For readers of classic fiction and American Southern literature, especially those seeking a representative work by Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner.
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
