Collected Stories of Carson McCullers [L0142]

1998 PB in nice clean condition. 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 including loneliness in marriage and the tragicomedy of life in the South. Included in this volume are "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Ballad of the Sad Café," novellas that Tennessee Williams judged to be "assuredly among the masterpieces of our language."

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Some of the best short stories I have read from an American author. A tour de force of southern American gothic. She is on par with Hemingway and some of the Russian masters of the short story, such as Chekhov, Turgenev, Gogal, and Tolstoy."; "One of the greatest collections of short stories I've ever read. Best impulse purchase of the year. McCullers is one of the best portraitists of alienation I've ever read rivaling that of Dostoevsky or Beckett. The warmth of her characters make the moral quandaries and spiritual angst they suffer beautiful insights to the human condition."; "McCullers' favorite themes seem to be the sometimes tragic, sometimes comedic life in the South, loneliness, marital struggles, unrequited love, and the troubles of adolescence. She has a wonderful gift for imparting the thoughts, feelings, emotions, and motivations of her characters. The two novellas I think are her best and the short stories are a delight to read. She is one of our great novelists, poets, and dramatists."