A novel by the famous American writer that critics judge as his most complex work. Through the character of a pregnant girl, Lena Grove, who is searching for the father of her unborn child, Faulkner presents the entire society at that time in a time of cr
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Titel des Originals
Light in August
Übersetzung
Šime Balen
Maße
20 x 13 cm
Seitenzahl
415
Verlag
Jutarnji list, Zagreb, 2004.
Latein Schrift. Fester Einband mit Schutzumschlag.
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