The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

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"When one puts [this book] down, it is with . . . a feeling of having been nourished by the truth." - May Sarton "A remarkable book ... [McCullers writes] with a sweep and certainty that are over whelming." - New York Times Carson McCullers was all of twenty-three when she published her first növel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. She became an overnight literary sensation, and soon such authors as Tennessee Williams were calling her "the greatest prose writer that the South [has] produced." Available now for the first time in trade paperback, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter an unforgettable tale of morál isolation in a small southern mill town in the 1930s. Richárd Wright was astonished by McCullers's ability "to rise above the pressures of her environment and embrace white and black humanity in one sweep of apprehension and tenderness." Hers is a humanity that touches all who come to her work, whether for the first time or, as so many do, time and time again. The Heart Is a Lonely... Tovább

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"When one puts [this book] down, it is with . . . a feeling of having been nourished by the truth." - May Sarton "A remarkable book ... [McCullers writes] with a sweep and certainty that are over whelming." - New York Times Carson McCullers was all of twenty-three when she published her first növel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. She became an overnight literary sensation, and soon such authors as Tennessee Williams were calling her "the greatest prose writer that the South [has] produced." Available now for the first time in trade paperback, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter an unforgettable tale of morál isolation in a small southern mill town in the 1930s. Richárd Wright was astonished by McCullers's ability "to rise above the pressures of her environment and embrace white and black humanity in one sweep of apprehension and tenderness." Hers is a humanity that touches all who come to her work, whether for the first time or, as so many do, time and time again. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is Carson McCullers at her most compassionate, most enduring best. Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia, on February 19, 1917. She died at age fifty in Nyack, New York. She is the author of, among other books, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Clock Without Hands, and The Member of the Wedding. K Lookforthe READER S GUIDE at www.mannerreadersguides.com. ISBN 0-618-52641-2 780618 526413

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