You made it in time, astrangerhere!
My final nomination is
Light in August by William Faulkner. One character in the novel marvels at 'how that fading copper light would seem almost audible, like a dying yellow fall of trumpets dying into an interval of silence and waiting'.
Goodreads, 460 pages, 1932, U.S.
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Lena Grove’s resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich, poignant, and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality. It also acquaints us with several of Faulkner’s most unforgettable characters, including the Reverend Gail Hightower, plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and Joe Christmas, a ragged, itinerant soul obsessed with his mixed-race ancestry. Powerfully entwining these characters’ stories, Light in August brings to life Faulkner’s imaginary South, one of literature’s great invented landscapes, in all of its unerringly fascinating glory.
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