The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Author:Carson McCullersTitle: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Genre: Fiction, LiteraturePublisher:Penguin Books; Penguin Random HouseIdentifier:9780718196080, 9780141185224, asin:B007JZW3VSGrade:retailLength:301 pagesListing:Greatest Books (amalgamated), Modern Library 100 Best Novels, Time Magazine 100 Best NovelsPaperback, 317 pages Published: 1940 Edition: Penguin Classics (2000)'She has examined the heart of man with an understanding ... that no other writer can hope to surpass' Tennessee WilliamsOften cited as one of the great novels of twentieth-century American fiction, Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the café where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry socialist drunkard, a frustrated black doctor: each pours their heart out to Singer, their silent confidant, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways the could never imagine. Moving, sensitive and deeply humane, 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love.Jul 2023 - epub verified by zardox.