Light in august - william faulkner

Light in August is the story od Lena Groves search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkners most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.

Read, read, read.

Read everything--trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it.

Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master.

Read Youll absorb it.

Then write.

If it is good, youll find out.

If its not, throw it out the window.

--William Faulkner Light in August , a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkners most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.