{"product_id":"9780547346656_heart-is-a-lonely-hunter","title":"Heart Is A Lonely Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beloved Southern Gothic classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the reader.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Depression-era Georgia Mill town, an enigmatic deaf mute man, 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\u003cp\u003eWonderfully attuned to the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition, and with a deft sense for the racial tensions in the South, McCullers spins a haunting, unforgettable story of American loneliness 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","brand":"Carson McCullers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46948310909077,"sku":"9780547346656","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780547346656.jpg?v=1776889834","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780547346656_heart-is-a-lonely-hunter","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}