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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

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  • 1940
  • #Fiction #Novel
Carson McCullers
@CarsonMcCullers
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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 Joh... Show More

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 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 they could never imagine.

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Number of Pages: 359

ISBN: 0618084746

ISBN-13: 9780618084746

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Nyamka Ganni @ganni4 · Oct 17, 2022
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MacRae Linton @macrael · Nov 27, 2022
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is an incredible meditation on the power of being seen. And it’s amazing how current a book written in 1940 can feel. The author was 23 at the time and her critiques of capitalism and Nazis could have been written today.
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