Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century.

“A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the reader.”--The New York Times

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Published Apr 21, 2004

368 pages

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Jess of the Village West

Jun 21, 2025

My favorite McCullers

Skinsfan1963

Aug 20, 2021

6/10 stars

A slice of the segregated South. This book was highly recommended to me, so I read it. The characters are rich in development, I just had trouble from time to time figuring out what the author was getting at.

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