Heart Is a Lonely Hunter A Novel

Carson McCullers

eBook - 2011

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century."A remarkable book...From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the reader."In a Georgia Mill town during the 1930s, an enigmatic John Singer, draws out the haunted confessions of an itinerant worker, a doctor, a widowed café owner, and a young girl. Each yearns for escape from small town life, but the young girl, Mick Kelly, the book's heroine (loosely based on McCullers), finds solace in her music.Wonderfully attuned to the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition, and with a deft sense f...or racial tensions in the South, McCullers spins a haunting, unforgettable story that gives voice to the rejected, the forgotten, and the mistreated—and, through Mick, gives voice to the quiet,...

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Published
HarperCollins
Language
English
Main Author
Carson McCullers
Online Access
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Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size1 GB
ISBN9780547346656
Release Date1/25/2011
Kindle Book
ASINB00Z9N882U
Release Date1/25/2011
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780547346656
Release Date1/25/2011