false 37380 45 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. 860196 1940 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter total:10772|5:3621|4:3867|3:2233|2:767|1:284| 10772 42091 15315 1192 5 28 false false Thu Jun 26 04:33:57 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 04:47:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 13 false false Sat Sep 06 12:23:40 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 15:32:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 8 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 09:50:36 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 08:14:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 10:08:25 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 10:08:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 6 false false Fri Nov 02 19:27:55 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 04 11:20:10 -0800 2007 Debbie Macomber novel, a group of misfits would coalesce around a single galvanizing figure, resulting in a community of like-minded souls who would then knit their way to happiness and inner peace.

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Well written novel set in the south weaving together the stories of several quite different main characters. At its core, this novel focuses on the need of e...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 13:42:04 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 10:12:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 4 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 10:22:18 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 03:29:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 06:55:28 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 07:52:50 -0800 2008 Basically, the setting is in a town in Georgia of about twenty thousand people. It takes about five characters and with a third person pe...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Oct 26 08:08:50 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 09:49:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 08:09:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 08:22:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Jun 17 12:32:44 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 14:03:40 -0700 2007
The first excerpt is Portia, housekeeper at the Kelly house and a sort of mother substitute for the children of the house, speaking to Mick Kelly, a girl in her early teens:

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The common thread is the deaf man John Singer who, by the other five main characters, is considered to be highly empathetic ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 11:11:04 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 11:33:39 -0800 2007 more...]]>