by Carson McCullers · L'Altra Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788494655661
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers, is a moving novel set in a small town in the southern United States. The story focuses on John Singer, a deaf-mute man whose empathy attracts various people seeking comfort and understanding. Through his interactions with characters such as Mick Kelly, a teenager in search of maturity, and other outcasts, the novel explores themes of loneliness, love, and the need for human connection. This edition of L'Altra Editorial, translated by Alba Dedeu, recovers the work that consecrated McCullers as a literary phenomenon at the age of 23.
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes. Most are set in the Deep South.
