light in august, william faulkner
this was such a good book. sooo interesting. i don't know enough about anything but the idea that the unconfirmed suspicion of race and subsequent prejudice/fear can have such far reaching consequences and make people so crazy. i couldn't finish the last two epiloguish chapters but i got the general gist. the way faulkner wrote narrative and family histories through retelling by a character for pages and pages on end, and especially in using a speaking style and turn of phrase to describe certain controversial events. if one skims one misses major developments.
8.5/10
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