The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (edit title)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 2 weeks ago.

• IN THE town there were two mutes, and they were always together.alone to the jewelry store where he worked as a silverware engraver. In the late afternoon the friends would meet again.

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to combine 87 books, including The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 2 weeks ago.

Pequeño saltamontes submitted a request to combine 87 books, including The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 2 weeks ago.

Timothy Gray approved Kim’s request to change the title of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Tuesday, September 1 2009.

Kim changed the title of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Monday, August 31 2009.

Timothy Gray approved amanda.’s request to change the title of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Wednesday, August 26 2009.

amanda. changed the title of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Tuesday, August 25 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Sunday, August 2 2009.

• 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 all 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 attune 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Carson McCullers: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Friday, July 17 2009.

• IN THE town there were two mutes, and they were always together.