Light in August

A landmark in American fiction, this epic novel, one of his masterpiec es, explores Faulkner's central theme, the nature of evil. Joe Christm as - a man doomed, deracinated and alone - wanders the Deep south in s earch of an identity, and a place in society. After killing his perver ted but God-fearing lover, he is pursued by a lynch-hungry mob. Yet af ter the sacrifice, there is new life, a determined ray of light in Fau lkner's complex and tragic world.