Light in August

With sensual passion, William Faulkner unfolds three life paths in the Southern United States in this classic: Lena Grove, heavily pregnant, ventures into the unknown in search of her beloved. The clergyman Gail Hightower loses his position and family, dreaming of a glorified past. And Joe Christmas, an adopted child, fears that "Negro blood" flows in his veins. On the run from himself, he becomes a murderer. Light in August is the most famous work of Nobel laureate William Faulkner, which, through its construction and exploration of themes such as racial ideology, ostracism, and religious madness, remains relevant to this day. Based on the new translation by Helmut Frielinghaus and Susanne Höbel, the award-winning director Walter Adler and composer Pierre Oser present this novel for the first time as an opulent audio play.