THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE: The Shorter Novels and Stories of Carson McCullers
by McCullers, Carson
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
McCullers' work is often described as Southern Gothic and indicative of her southern roots. Critics also describe her writing and eccentric characters as universal in scope. Her stories have been adapted to stage and film. " - Wikipedia.
Synopsis
A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers’s best stories, including her beloved novella The Ballad of the Sad Café.” A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose café serves as the town’s gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection also includes Wunderkind,” McCullers’s first published story written when she was only seventeen about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist. Newly reset and available for the first time in a handsome trade paperback edition, The Ballad of the Sad Café is a brilliant study of love and longing from one of the South’s finest writers.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24291
- Title
- THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE
- Author
- McCullers, Carson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- holt64, southern fiction,
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