The Heart is A Lonely Hunter
Total Points
#178
- Pages
- 368
- Genres
- American Historical Fiction Southern
With the publication of her first novel, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, Carson McCullers, all of twenty-three, became a literary sensation. With its profound sense of moral isolation and its compassionate glimpses into its characters' inner lives, the novel is considered McCullers' finest work, an enduring masterpiece first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1940. At its center is the deaf-mute...
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Can't believe it took this list for me to finally read this wonderful, amazing book!
Oct 8th, 2015
Carson McCullers has created some of the most moving characters that I have ever read. They are not all likeable but their individual pain touched my heart. How a young white woman could have had the understanding to write about the issues of poverty and capitalism and the injustices of being black just astounded me. An amazing book.
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