BOOK 104: THE HEART IS A LONELY
HUNTER: CARSON
MCCULLERS
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940)
is the debut novel
by the American author Carson
McCullers; she was 23 at the time of publication.
When published it created a
literary sensation, enjoying a meteoric rise to the top of the bestseller lists
in 1940; it was the first in a string of works by McCullers that give voice to
those who are rejected, forgotten, mistreated or oppressed.
The Modern Library ranked the
novel seventeenth on its list of the 100 best
English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included it
in TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.In 2004 the novel
was selected for Oprah's Book
Club.
British artist Joe Simpson
referenced McCullers' book in his painting of the same title 'The Heart Is A
Lonely Hunter' in 2014. The painting shows two characters both reading the book
on the London Underground, it is taken from his ongoing series 'London'
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