Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the...
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Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the South. Here too are "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," novellas that Tennessee Williams judged to be "assuredly among the masterpieces of our language." (A Mariner Reissue).
Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the...
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Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the South. Here too are "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe," novellas that Tennessee Williams judged to be "assuredly among the masterpieces of our language." (A Mariner Reissue) Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Praise for Carson McCullers -- Books by Carson McCullers -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Collected Stories -- Sucker -- Court in the West Eighties -- Poldi -- Breath from the Sky -- The Orphanage -- Instant of the Hour After -- Like That -- Wunderkind -- The Aliens -- Untitled Piece -- The Jockey -- Madame Zilensky and theKing of Finland -- Correspondence -- A Tree A Rock A Cloud -- Art and Mr. Mahoney -- The Sojourner -- A Domestic Dilemma -- The Haunted Boy -- Who Has Seen the Wind? -- The Ballad of the Sad Cafe -- The Member of the Wedding -- Part One -- Part Two -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- Part Three -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Books by Carson McCullers
