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The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

By Carson McCullersNarrated by Cherry Jones
Length12h 28m

About this audiobook

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.” In a Georgia Mill town during the 1930s, an enigmatic John Singer, draws out the haunted confessions of an itinerant worker, a doctor, a widowed café owner, and a young girl. Each yearns for escape from small town life, but the young girl, Mick Kelly, the book's heroine (loosely based on McCullers), finds solace in her music. Wonderfully attuned to the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition, and with a deft sense for racial tensions in the South, McCullers spins a haunting, unforgettable story that gives voice to the rejected, the forgotten, and the mistreated—and, through Mick, gives voice to the quiet, intensely personal search for beauty.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.2 (154.5K)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing, Amazon
GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length12 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byCherry Jones
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 6, 2004
LanguageEnglish
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