![]() ![]() In the racist south, a man of mixed parentage is shunned by blacks and whites alike. Christmas has been a social outcast since birth due to his mixed bloodline. The heart of the story, however, focuses on another co-worker of Burch and Bunch, named Joe Christmas. This mistake proves to her benefit, as Byron quickly falls in love with her and is willing to give her the home and security which the child's father fails to provide. Instead of the father, shiftless Lucas Burch, she is directed to Byron Bunch, a co-worker of Burch's with a similar name. Lena is a disadvantaged but determined young woman, who sets out to find the wayward father of her soon-to-be-born babe. Faulkner brings these themes to life through the characters of Lena Grove and Byron Bunch. William Faulkner's writings are often meditative in nature, and Light in August is a powerful but grim meditation on racism, religious intolerance, and the plight of women in Depression-era Mississippi. ![]() ![]() Light in August is a classic novel written by a master storyteller. ![]()
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