Light in August
, by FAULKNER, WILLIAM- ISBN: 9780679732266 | 0679732268
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/30/1991
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.