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''Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed'' The New York Times

With delicacy of perception and memory, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Within the span of a few hours, the irresistible, hoydenish Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother''s wedding. Through a perilous skylight we look into the mind of a child torn between her yearning to belong and the urge to run away.



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Entirely winning ... A probing novel about a youngster with an unlimited gift for creating fantasies in a Southern town ... Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed * The New York Times *
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
Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore Vidal

The Member of the Wedding Penguin Modern Classics

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/04/2001
      ISBN13: 9780141182827, 978-0141182827
      ISBN10: 0141182822
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed'' The New York Times

      With delicacy of perception and memory, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Within the span of a few hours, the irresistible, hoydenish Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother''s wedding. Through a perilous skylight we look into the mind of a child torn between her yearning to belong and the urge to run away.



      Trade Review
      Entirely winning ... A probing novel about a youngster with an unlimited gift for creating fantasies in a Southern town ... Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed * The New York Times *
      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
      Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure -- Gore Vidal

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