The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter/ The Member of the Wedding

About this book

Like all writers of original genius Miss McCullers convinces us that we have missed something which was plainly to be seen in the real world . . . She is a master of peculiar perception and an incomparable storyteller. V. S. Pritchett Upon publication of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers all of twenty-three became a literary sensation. With its compassionate glimpses into its characters inner lives her story gives voice to the rejected the forgotten and the mistreated. In The Member of the Wedding McCullers tells the story of the inimitable twelve-year-old Frankie who is utterly hopelessly bored with life until she hears about her older brothers upcoming marriage. It is a coming-of-age story that showcases McCullers at her most sensitive and enduring best.