Light in August (Vintage International) by William Faulkner backyard foraging Brown's soft illustrations echo Beatrix

Brown's soft illustrations echo Beatrix Potter's in both delicacy and whimsy

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Light in August (Vintage International) by William Faulkner backyard foraging Brown's soft illustrations echo BeatrixFrom the Nobel Prize winner one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the twentieth century a novel set in the American South during Prohibition about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality. Light in August features some of Faulkner's 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