Faulkner's Nobel Prize Collection: Light in August
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"Light in August" is a novel written by American writer and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, and it is also one of his masterpieces. Through the description of ten days of social life in Jefferson Town, the novel reveals the life of several main characters and their three-generation family history, embodies "the true emotions, love, sympathy, pride, compassion and sacrifice deep in the human soul from ancient times to the present", and shows the writer's attitude against racial and religious prejudice. The story is mainly divided into two clues. One is about Christmas, who was sent to an orphanage as a child. Because he was suspected of being a "mulatto", he lost his "identity" and suffered various abuses from society, which ultimately prompted him to kill the white lover he finally met and was executed by the white people. The other one tells the story of a rural girl named Lina who fell in love with her lover, was abandoned after becoming pregnant, and walked to the town of Jefferson to look for her lover. The work has great influence. Critic George O'Donnell once said: "Overall, "Light in August" is more mature than any other work written by Faulkner, has a broader vision, and is closer to finally and truly revealing human potential."
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