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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

(Oprah's Book Club)

By Carson McCullers

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| Paperback | 9780618526413

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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 enContinue

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 John Singer, who becomes the confidant for various types of misfits in a Georgia mill town during the 1930s. Each one yearns for escape from small town life. When Singer's mute companion goes insane, Singer moves into the Kelly house, where Mick Kelly, the book's heroine (and 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 for 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 Kelly, gives voice to the quiet, intensely personal search for beauty. Richard Wright praised Carson McCullers for her ability "to rise above the pressures of her environment and embrace white and black humanity in one sweep of apprehension and tenderness." She writes "with a sweep and certainty that are overwhelming," said the NEW YORK TIMES. McCullers became an overnight literary sensation, but her novel has endured, just as timely and powerful today as when it was first published. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER is Carson McCullers at her most compassionate, endearing best.

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  • 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' by Carson McCullers

    Carson McCullers was 23 years old when she wrote this deeply affecting and insightful novel which is set in the depression-era South. While it is largely thought to be a kind of memoir (the young girl Mick Kelly, who teeters between being a playful t ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

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    moody, poignant writing.. very impressive

    Southern Gothic; being alone with your hopes and dreams...

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    goldtop said on Mar 29, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

    I largely enjoyed the story and the writing and the exploration of race relations in the South. However, similar to most of what Upton Sinclair has written, it is also used as a vehicle to preach socialist/communist/unionizing rhetoric to the masses.

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    Readingrat said on Sep 20, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • okay, so I started reading this book last summer, and for reasons unknown to me it held my interest. Then school started, and I had 50 pages left and kind of left it aside. So I finally finished it. Clearly, it's not one of those "can't put it down" books, and to some it may seem very boring. But I ... (continue)

    okay, so I started reading this book last summer, and for reasons unknown to me it held my interest. Then school started, and I had 50 pages left and kind of left it aside. So I finally finished it. Clearly, it's not one of those "can't put it down" books, and to some it may seem very boring. But I enjoyed it. I felt like some of it was way over my head, but nevertheless I'm glad I read it.

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    Nicole said on Jul 10, 2007 | Add your feedback

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