Book :: The Heart is A Lonely Hunter
| By: | Carson McCullers |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Published: | 1940 |
| Genre(s): | Southern |
| American | |
| Historical Fiction | |
| Rating: | (8) |
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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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forline
Can't believe it took this list for me to finally read this wonderful, amazing book!
Nov 9th, 2015
Caro60
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.
Oct 8th, 2015
The Heart is A Lonely Hunter appears on these lists...
17th on 100 Best Novels by Modern Library
70th on Top 100 Books by Newsweek
