Light in August

The novel centers on two main characters: Lena Grove, a pregnant white woman searching for the father of her child, and Joe Christmas, a man of mixed ethnicity struggling with his identity.

The story is set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and explores the Southern gothic and modernist literary genres.

It delves into themes of alienation, Christian allegory, and the persistent obsession with blood and race in the South.

The narrative is characterized by its non-linear structure, using flashbacks and a fluid transition between past and present to highlight the burden of history on the present and the splintering of personal identity.