The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
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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 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.
359 pages
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A classic American novel about loneliness in a Southern town; for readers of mid-20th-century literature; it shows how a silent confidant changes others' lives.
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By Meetup
A classic American novel about loneliness in a Southern town; for readers of mid-20th-century literature; it shows how a silent confidant changes others' lives.