Light in August [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
9.8 (6 个评分) 作者: William Faulkner Vintage 1990 - 10
Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man.

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双线多角度叙事:Christmas这条线是典型的福式悲剧,熟悉的宗教和种族主题一再出现;Lena这条线截然不同,几乎是一个古典小人物喜剧,甚至都很难相信福竟有如此轻快的笔调,尤其是在描写female sexuality的时候(( 读完后查到福自己谈到这本书,密西西比的八月中旬有一两天会突然转凉略有秋意,空气中有柔和的光线,令人感觉不是身处今朝而是回到古典时代,仿佛希腊的神和精灵会出现(这里福用的是fauns and satyrs即古典喜剧中常见的角色)。所以这其实是一个混合悲喜剧+三角:(被)放弃救赎走向毁灭的Christmas - 叛教的Hightower - 异教的Lena。福,可真有你的(