false <![CDATA[The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: and Other Stories]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170296880m/45791.jpg 45791 34 A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose cafe serves as the town's gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection also includes "Wunderkind," McCullers's first published story written when she was only seventeen about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist. Newly reset and available for the first time in a handsome trade paperback edition, The Ballad of the Sad Caf is a brilliant study of love and longing from one of the South's finest writers. 952665 1951 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: and Other Stories total:1605|5:575|4:626|3:315|2:76|1:13| 1605 6489 2158 125 4 1 false false Thu Oct 30 13:08:44 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 02:42:48 -0800 2008 The Sojourner. And to celebrate, those are the only stories I’ll talk about here except to say that one of the problems I found with th...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 14 19:08:20 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 19:10:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 08:22:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 21:02:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 15 15:09:17 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 15:44:47 -0700 2007 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Reflections in a Golden Eye. This book was p...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 08:17:05 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 08:26:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:14:51 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 17:00:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 15:11:28 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 01:13:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Fri May 22 11:43:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:02:00 -0700 2009 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is more of a novella than a story, and takes up about half the pages of this collection. It this story, three people in a small town in Georgia in the early 20th-century --Miss Amelia- who is self-centered, mannish, and homely; Marvin, the man who inexplicably ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 07:21:11 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 07:21:11 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Nov 09 07:25:15 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 07:29:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 11:36:57 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 11:37:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 10 10:38:56 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 21:12:09 -0800 2008 “Any number of wicked things could be listed against him, but quite apart from these crimes there was about him a secret meaness that clung to him almost like a smell.”

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McCullers slashes and burns gender and sexual stereotypes, stomps all over them with big swamp boots.
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After reading the dramaturg notes about McCullers, I was really intrigued in this bizarre love triangle in a small ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=45791