内容简介
“Read,read,read.Readeverything—trash,classics,goodandbad,andseehowtheydoit.Justlikeacarpenterwhoworksasanapprenticeandstudiesthemaster.Read!You’llabsorbit.Thenwrite.Ifitisgood,you’llfindout.Ifit’snot,throwitoutthewindow.”—WilliamFaulknerLightinAugust,anovelabouthopefulperseveranceinthefaceofmortality,featuressomeofFaulkner’smostmemorablecharacters:guileless,dauntlessLenaGrove,insearchofthefatherofherunbornchild;ReverendGailHightower,whoisplaguedbyvisionsofConfederatehorsemen;andJoeChristmas,adesperate,enigmaticdrifterconsumedbyhismixedancestry.
作者简介
WilliamCuthbertFaulknerwasbornin1897andraisedinOxford,Mississippi,wherehespentmostofhislife.OneofthetoweringfiguresofAmericanliterature,heistheauthorofTheSoundandtheFury,Absalom,Absalom!,andAsILayDying,a,ongmanyotherremarkablebooks.FaulknerwasawardedtheNobelPrizein1950andFrance’sLegionofHonorin1951.Hediedin1962.,,