Ett av de stora moderna amerikanska författarskapen i ny utgåva  

»Carson McCullers har på ett oöverträffat sätt utforskat människans hjärta.« Tennessee Williams

De båda döva männen John Singer och Spiros Antonopoulos bor tillsammans i ett litet brukssamhälle i 1930-talets Georgia. När Antonopoulos blir sjuk och tvingas läggas in för vård i en annan stad flyttar Singer från deras gemensamma lägenhet och blir inneboende hos en familj, där han blir vän med deras missförstådda dotter Mick Kelly. Den gamla tillvaron med dess vanor bryts, och snart är Singer omgiven av nya människor, vars liv och vedermödor tecknar sig mot bakgrund av hans välvilliga och inbjudande tystnad. Hjärtat jagar allena kom ut 1940 och blev en omedelbar litterär sensation. På ett ojämförligt sätt låter McCullers sina romanfigurer gestalta de sociala och politiska klyftor, den fattigdom, rasism och individualism, som både då och nu präglar USA. Romanen klättrade till toppen av försäljningslistorna och blev början på ett av de stora moderna amerikanska författarskapen. I översättning av Nils Jacobsson.

CARSON MCCULLERS [1917-1967], född i Columbus, Georgia, var en amerikansk författare, dramatiker och poet. Hennes verk ger röst åt de marginaliserade, bortglömda och förtryckta, och utspelar sig till stor del i den amerikanska södern. Mest känd är hon för debutromanen Hjärtat jagar allena [The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter], som betraktas som en omistlig klassiker och bland annat placerades på plats 17 när Modern Library rankade 1900-talets bästa engelskspråkiga romaner.

»En magnifik roman.« New York Times

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.

The first and only definitive collection of the letters of a beloved voice in American literature, revealing her fervor as a creator immersed in a life of art and beauty, her adoration of friends and partners, and her lifelong pursuit of true love and belonging.

Carson McCullers was a true literary phenomenon. One of the most influential and esteemed writers of the twentieth century, she penned the iconic The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter at just twenty-three and went on to have a remarkable career that inspired adaptations and tributes from writers such as Edward Albee, Charles Bukowski, Isak Dinesen, Edith Sitwell, and Tennessee Williams. Known for its melancholy tone and distinctly Southern sensibility, her work touched many, giving voice to the mistreated, the oppressed, and all those struggling to be accepted. And though her fiction explored themes of isolation and exile, McCullers herself enjoyed the support of a robust community of friends and fellow artists and experienced many passionate attachments over the course of her life.

The letters collected here cover the entirety of McCullers's correspondence from 1935 until her death in 1967. They include letters to over two hundred recipients and chronicle the celebrations and tragedies of her lifetimefrom her tumultuous marriage, divorce, and re-marriage with Reeves McCullers; to her all-consuming passions for women, including the Swiss artist Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the writer Marty Mann, illuminated in recently discovered correspondence; and to her complicated, decades-long relationship with the composer David Diamond, to whom the largest number of her letters were written. Also elucidated are her close collaborations with artists including Newton Arvin, Kay Boyle, Bessie Breuer, Klaus Mann, and Muriel Rukeyser; Oliver Evans, her biographer; and John Huston, the director of the film adaptation of Reflections in a Golden Eye and to whom her final known letter was sent.

Intimate, earnest, and as heartbreaking as it is uplifting, this collection is a product of remarkable scholarship and dedication. The result is the most comprehensive portrait of McCullers ever published, a true window into the emotional landscape behind her work and the deeply held loves she had throughout her brief but exceptional life.

Ett av de stora moderna amerikanska författarskapen i ny utgåva  

»Carson McCullers har på ett oöverträffat sätt utforskat människans hjärta.« Tennessee Williams

De båda döva männen John Singer och Spiros Antonopoulos bor tillsammans i ett litet brukssamhälle i 1930-talets Georgia. När Antonopoulos blir sjuk och tvingas läggas in för vård i en annan stad flyttar Singer från deras gemensamma lägenhet och blir inneboende hos en familj, där han blir vän med deras missförstådda dotter Mick Kelly. Den gamla tillvaron med dess vanor bryts, och snart är Singer omgiven av nya människor, vars liv och vedermödor tecknar sig mot bakgrund av hans välvilliga och inbjudande tystnad. Hjärtat jagar allena kom ut 1940 och blev en omedelbar litterär sensation. På ett ojämförligt sätt låter McCullers sina romanfigurer gestalta de sociala och politiska klyftor, den fattigdom, rasism och individualism, som både då och nu präglar USA. Romanen klättrade till toppen av försäljningslistorna och blev början på ett av de stora moderna amerikanska författarskapen. I översättning av Nils Jacobsson.

CARSON MCCULLERS [1917-1967], född i Columbus, Georgia, var en amerikansk författare, dramatiker och poet. Hennes verk ger röst åt de marginaliserade, bortglömda och förtryckta, och utspelar sig till stor del i den amerikanska södern. Mest känd är hon för debutromanen Hjärtat jagar allena [The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter], som betraktas som en omistlig klassiker och bland annat placerades på plats 17 när Modern Library rankade 1900-talets bästa engelskspråkiga romaner.

»En magnifik roman.« New York Times

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.

The first and only definitive collection of the letters of a beloved voice in American literature, revealing her fervor as a creator immersed in a life of art and beauty, her adoration of friends and partners, and her lifelong pursuit of true love and belonging.

Carson McCullers was a true literary phenomenon. One of the most influential and esteemed writers of the twentieth century, she penned the iconic The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter at just twenty-three and went on to have a remarkable career that inspired adaptations and tributes from writers such as Edward Albee, Charles Bukowski, Isak Dinesen, Edith Sitwell, and Tennessee Williams. Known for its melancholy tone and distinctly Southern sensibility, her work touched many, giving voice to the mistreated, the oppressed, and all those struggling to be accepted. And though her fiction explored themes of isolation and exile, McCullers herself enjoyed the support of a robust community of friends and fellow artists and experienced many passionate attachments over the course of her life.

The letters collected here cover the entirety of McCullers's correspondence from 1935 until her death in 1967. They include letters to over two hundred recipients and chronicle the celebrations and tragedies of her lifetimefrom her tumultuous marriage, divorce, and re-marriage with Reeves McCullers; to her all-consuming passions for women, including the Swiss artist Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the writer Marty Mann, illuminated in recently discovered correspondence; and to her complicated, decades-long relationship with the composer David Diamond, to whom the largest number of her letters were written. Also elucidated are her close collaborations with artists including Newton Arvin, Kay Boyle, Bessie Breuer, Klaus Mann, and Muriel Rukeyser; Oliver Evans, her biographer; and John Huston, the director of the film adaptation of Reflections in a Golden Eye and to whom her final known letter was sent.

Intimate, earnest, and as heartbreaking as it is uplifting, this collection is a product of remarkable scholarship and dedication. The result is the most comprehensive portrait of McCullers ever published, a true window into the emotional landscape behind her work and the deeply held loves she had throughout her brief but exceptional life.