Light In August
1932.
Smith and Haas
, New York , United States of America.
This important novel by Faulkner belongs to 'the Southern Gothic and modernist genres, set in the author's present day, the interwar period. In a nonlinear, contrapuntal modernist narrative style that draws from Christian allegory and oral storytelling, he explores themes of race, sex, class and religion in the American South'. [Wiki.]. Despite earlier criticism, it is now felt to be one of the best English-language novels of the 20th century
$2,500.00
Specifications
| Author | Faulkner, William |
| Illustrator | Nil |
| Publisher | Smith and Haas |
| Place Published | New York , United States of America. |
| Year Published | 1932 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
First Edition , First Impression |
| Size | 8vo (Octavo) |
| Chapters | XXI |
| Pages | 480pp. |
Condition Report
| Cover | Excellent Condition - Note: In rough texture pale cloth with red title on the front board and blue on the spine there is no cracking internally or otherwise and with still sharp edges and corners, the only damage is to a moderately worn but intact original orange and grey/black dust-wrapper that has neat linear tears to the flap margins, carefully verso repaired with correct tape and also prominent scuffing to the spine margins with chipping to all other edges with a minor area of loss on the bottom of front cover. Now protected in removable clear, archival covering too - With Dust Wrapper |
| Overall | This is one of her earliest novels that is now quite scarce and is the First 'Cheap Edition' published two years after the First true edition. It is also the second novel featuring Hercule Poirot. It is over a century old now and in a remarkably good state still. |