{"product_id":"the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter","title":"The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the master of Southern Gothic, Carson McCullers's coming-of-age story like no other about a young girl's fascination with her brother's wedding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A remarkable book...From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the reader.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e-- The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWonderfully 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarson McCullers \u003c\/strong\u003e(1917-1967) was the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003cem\u003eThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Member of the Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReflections in a Golden Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eClock Without Hands\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Columbus, Georgia, on February 19, 1917, she became a promising pianist and enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York when she was seventeen, but lacking money for tuition, she never attended classes. Instead she studied writing at Columbia University, which ultimately led to \u003cem\u003eThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel that made her an overnight literary sensation. On September 29, 1967, at age fifty, she died in Nyack, New York, where she is buried.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carson McCullers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46709477605661,"sku":"9780618526413","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780618526413.jpg?v=1710956732","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}