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A group of people have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives.

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The greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass -- Tennessee Williams
A remarkable book ... [McCullers] writes with a sweep and certainty that are overwhelming * The New York Times *
Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore Vidal
Again [McCullers] shows a sort of subterranean and ageless instinct for probing the hidden in men's hearts and minds * New York Herald-Tribune *

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

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    A Paperback / softback by Carson McCullers


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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 31/08/2000
      ISBN13: 9780141185224, 978-0141185224
      ISBN10: 0141185228
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A group of people have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives.

      Trade Review
      The greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass -- Tennessee Williams
      A remarkable book ... [McCullers] writes with a sweep and certainty that are overwhelming * The New York Times *
      Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore Vidal
      Again [McCullers] shows a sort of subterranean and ageless instinct for probing the hidden in men's hearts and minds * New York Herald-Tribune *

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