The Heart is a Lonely Hunter was Carson McCullers's first novel, written in 1940. Set in a small town in the American South, it is the story of a group of people who appear to have little in common except they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf-mute, John Singer, whose presence changes their lives.
Carson McCullers's powerful exploration of alienation is both moving and perceptive. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter deals with isolation, the need for human understanding and the search for love. It is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century.
An incomparable storyteller VS. Pritchett
A poet's sensitivity interlocks with a novelist's gifts - Cyril Connolly
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