New Releases by Carson McCullers

An imaginative twelve-year-old Georgia tomboy is jealous of her brother's upcoming wedding in this classic Southern novel. Carson McCullers's classic The Member of the Wedding charmed generations of readers and became an award-winning play and a major motion picture. It tells the story of the inimitable twelve-year-old Frankie, who is utterly, hopelessly bored with life until she hears about her older brother's upcoming marriage. Bolstered by lively conversations with the family maid, Berenice, and her six-year-old male cousin—not to mention her own unbridled imagination—Frankie takes on an overly active role in the wedding. She hopes even to go, uninvited, on the honeymoon, so deep is her desire to become part of something larger, more accepting, than herself. "A marvelous study of the agony of adolescence" ( Detroit Free Press), The Member of the Wedding showcases Carson McCullers at her most sensitive, most astute, and lasting best. Praise for The Member of the Wedding "McCullers's best. An unusual story of a very sensitive child . . . [that] holds you by the very brilliance of its writing." — Atlanta Journal Constitution "A serious attempt to recapture that elusive moment when childhood melts into adolescence . . . touching." — Time "Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed." — New York Times

Carson McCullers' novel, 'Clock Without Hands,' delves into the complexities of race, identity, and mortality in the American South. Written in a poetic and introspective style, McCullers explores the lives of four characters whose paths intertwine in unexpected ways, offering a poignant commentary on the human experience. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and the looming specter of death, the novel provides a thought-provoking look at societal norms and personal struggles in the mid-20th century. Carson McCullers, known for her profound understanding of human nature and empathy for marginalized individuals, drew inspiration from her own experiences growing up in the South. As a member of the Southern Gothic literary tradition, McCullers weaves a haunting and atmospheric narrative that resonates with readers long after the final page. Recommended for those interested in exploring the complexities of race relations, existential questions, and the impact of societal expectations on individual lives, 'Clock Without Hands' offers a compelling and insightful glimpse into the human condition.

Carson McCullers' seminal work, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, unfolds in a decaying Southern town during the Great Depression, serving as a poignant exploration of human isolation and the profound longing for connection. Utilizing a lyrical and deeply introspective narrative style, McCullers interweaves the lives of various characters, each seeking solace in the deaf-mute John Singer, a figure who embodies both hope and despair. The novel's vivid imagery and rich character development offer a lens into the complexities of loneliness, race, and the quest for identity, reflecting the broader societal struggles of America in the 1940s. Born in 1917 in Columbus, Georgia, Carson McCullers was intimately familiar with the themes of isolation and the search for understanding that permeate her writing. Her Southern upbringing and personal experiences, including battles with illness, certainly influenced her portrayal of marginalized voices. McCullers' keen observation of human emotion and her profound empathy for her characters stem from a life spent navigating her own feelings of alienation and longing, providing a rich backdrop for this powerful narrative. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a must-read for anyone interested in the intricacies of human relationships and the struggle for belonging. McCullers' poignant prose invites readers to reflect on their own lives and the universal truths of love and loneliness, making it a timeless masterpiece in American literature.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Reflections in a Golden Eye" by Carson McCullers. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Una maravillosa colección de poemas breves para que los lectores más jóvenes disfruten de una de las grandes autoras americanas del siglo XX. En 1964, Carson McCullers publicó Dulce como un pepinillo, limpio como un cerdito casi por casualidad, cuando su editora, Joyce Hartman, se encontró con varios de los poemas y le pidió ver más. En los veinte poemas que recoge esta edición bilingüe, la prestigiosa autora muestra de forma fresca y emotiva la mirada llena de inocencia, asombro y alegría de los más pequeños, así como su capacidad para cuestionar aquello que los adultos damos por hecho. Las delicadas y divertidas ilustraciones de Rolf Gérard, aclamado escenógrafo y pintor alemán, consiguen captar la esencia de ensueño y contemplación con la que McCullers evoca la realidad en estos versos.

I den lilla staden i Georgia härskar lugnet, även om permissionssoldater gör de stekheta gatorna osäkra över veckosluten. Men så en dag förändras allt för den tolvåriga Frankie: hennes bror presenterar sin blivande fru. Genast börjar Frankie förbereda sig på sitt nya liv och bröllopsresan tillsammans med brudparet. Dagarna inför bröllopet blir hektiska. Hon ska byta namn, bli en annan person, hon ska skriva ett avskedsbrev till sin far och hon ska snart få se snö och för första gången bli en del av världen. Bröllopsgästen är en häpnadsväckande modern roman med stark intensitet, omtagningsteknik och oförglömliga personporträtt. Frankie blir till en av McCullers mest berörande skildringar av den unga begåvade flickan som längtar bort. Hon vet så mycket mer än sina jämnåriga men är oförmögen att förstå hur världen omkring henne fungerar. Kokerskan Berenice Sadie Brown, den bastanta svarta kvinnan med ett öga, får stå för förnuftet och omsorgen, samtidigt som hennes starka livsberättelse i det segregerade Georgia skär genom romanen. Nu presenteras Bröllopsgästen i en efterlängtad nyöversättning och med ett nyskrivet förord av författaren Tove Folkesson. "En utomordentligt fängslande, sammansatt studie i den brådmogna förpubertetens psykologi. Bland det finaste jag läst av amerikansk prosa." Per Wästberg

Miss Amelia driver ett framgångsrikt destilleri och en handelsbod. En dag kommer en puckelryggig man förbi och från den dagen förändras allt i staden. Snart öppnas ett café och staden och dess invånare lever upp så fort fabriksvisslan signalerar arbetsdagens slut. Men så en dag hinner miss Amelias förflutna ikapp henne och en tidigare make knackar på dörren. Det blir inledningen på ett triangeldrama som inte liknar något annat i världslitteraturen. Carson McCullers korta mästerverk Balladen om det sorgsna kaféet utspelas i den amerikanska Södern där kedjefångarnas sång kan liknas vid en grekisk kör. Men det är också en innerlig sång om kärlek och ensamhet och om när kärlek blir till våld, hat och svek. Nu presenteras Balladen om det sorgsna kaféet i nyöversättning tillsammans med sju aldrig tidigare publicerade noveller samt ett nyskrivet förord av Stina Stoor.

« L'ennui, c'est qu'il continuait à voir Sara comme dans un brouillard. Et tout le reste aussi, à cette époque. À croire que tout se brouillait dans sa tête et qu'il devenait fou. (...) Il avait toujours faim, et toujours le sentiment de quelque chose qui se préparait. Quelque chose de terrible qui le détruisait. Mais il refusait que ce pressentiment atteigne son esprit. (...) Il était sur le point de devenir un homme, et il avait dix-sept ans. » Des nouvelles, quelques poésies, la première et magistrale esquisse de son grand roman, Le Cœur est un chasseur solitaire : Le Cœur hypothéqué rassemble les écrits de Carson McCullers publiés de son vivant dans la presse ou restés inédits. Tous les thèmes chers à l'auteur s'y retrouvent : l'angoisse de la solitude, le besoin d'aimer et d'être aimé, la difficulté de communiquer, la délicate expression des sentiments... Mais aussi la légèreté de l'écriture et la précision clinique du récit.

« Il existe dans le Sud un fort où, voici quelques années, un meurtre fut commis. Les acteurs de ce drame furent deux officiers, un soldat, deux femmes, un Philippin et un cheval. » Au début du siècle dernier, dans une garnison isolée du sud des États-Unis, le hasard tisse entre deux femmes et trois hommes des relations singulières. Rapports d’autorité et conflits sexuels sont au coeur de l’intrigue que Carson McCullers développe avec cette exquise subtilité qui lui est propre. Coloré tour à tour de lyrisme, de suspense et d’humour, ce roman dévoile les modalités d’un drame imputable moins au hasard des situations qu’à la psychologie des personnages et aux ressorts inconscients qui inspirent souvent notre conduite. Reflets dans un oeil d’or a été adapté au cinéma dans un film culte de John Huston avec Marlon Brando et Elizabeth Taylor dans les rôles principaux. Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Pierre Nordon postface de Tennessee Williams.

A landmark gathering of McCullers’ shorter works, including all her published stories, plays, essays, poems, and an unfinished autobiography Celebrated worldwide for her masterly novels, Carson McCullers was equally accomplished, and equally moving, when writing in shorter forms. This Library of America volume brings together for the first time her twenty extraordinary stories, along with plays, essays, memoirs, and poems. Here are the indelible tales “Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland” and “A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.” as well as her previously uncollected story about the civil rights movement, “The March”; her award- winning Broadway play The Member of the Wedding and the unpublished teleplay The Sojourner; twenty-two essays; and the revealing unfinished memoir Illumination and Night Glare. This wide-ranging gathering of shorter works reveals new depths and dimensions of the writer whom V. S. Pritchett praised for her “courageous imagination—one that is bold enough to consider the terrible in human nature without loss of nerve, calm, dignity, or love.” LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Un soldato arrestato per voyeurismo, un delitto che svela un mondo dove si intrecciano sadismo, omosessualità e ossessione, un ritratto scabroso del Sud degli Stati Uniti. Il capolavoro di una delle piú grandi e spregiudicate scrittrici americane.

- Escrita en 1940 con tan sólo veintitrés años, El corazón es un cazador solitario fue la primera novela de Carson McCullers y dio a conocer la magnitud de su talento. Un clásico de la narrativa contemporánea que revolucionó el panorama literario norteamericano y se convirtió inmediatamente en una de las obras capitales de la narrativa. Con prólogo de Elvira Lindo.

Nueva edición de la obra de Carson McCullers en el 100 aniversario de su nacimiento y el 50 aniversario de su muerte.La obra de una de las grandes maestras de la literatura norteamericana con un nuevo diseño de Sara Morante y prólogos actualizados. Bajo el título de uno de ellos, La balada del café triste, se agrupan en este libro varios de los relatos más significativos de la singular y sutil narrativa de Carson McCullers, que han accedido ya a la consideración de clásicos de la moderna literatura norteamericana y constituyen incursiones en la silenciosa, secreta y sagrada intimidad del alma de sus personajes. «Wunderkind», «El jockey», «Madame Zilensky y el rey de Finlandia», «El transeúnte», «Dilema doméstico» y «Un árbol. Una roca. Una nube» custodian esta balada de impronta inconfundible en la que la frontera entre la prosa y la poesía se disuelve con maestría. Narrados con un prodigioso sentido de la construcción, los relatos de Carson McCullers alcanzan una resonancia interior que va mucho más allá de su sencilla y directa observación de la realidad. El mundo punzante, desesperanzado y profundamente poético de Carson McCullers constituye, en palabras de Edith Sitwell el legado de «una escritora trascendental». Prólogo de Paulina Flores.

El cor és un caçador solitari, publicat per primera vegada en català el 1965, és una de les novel·les més remarcables de la literatura nord-americana. L'autora hi descriu l'aïllament espiritual, simbolitzat per un personatge sord-mut, i la recerca difícil de l'amor. Les notacions sudistes confirmen els caràcters d'aquest imaginari torturat, per al qual injustícies i misèria moral s'alien en la constatació de la solitud humana.

"Essential reading for any serious beginning writer . . . illuminating." — San Francisco Chronicle Carson McCullers is renowned for her Southern Gothic fiction and for such modern classics as The Member of the Wedding. This collection includes an assortment of her earliest work, written mostly before she was nineteen. Included are stories, essays, articles, poems, and writing about writing—including the working outline of "The Mute," which would become her bestselling novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter—as well as an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. As new generations continue to discover the work of Carson McCullers, this volume provides both an enjoyable read and an inspiring look at the beginning of a brilliant literary career.

In 'The Ballad of the Sad Café', a tale of unrequited love, Miss Amelia, a spirited, unconventional woman, runs a small-town store and, except for a marriage that lasted just ten days, has always lived alone. Then Cousin Lymon appears from nowhere, a little, strutting hunchback who steals Miss Amelia's heart. Together they transform the store into a lively, popular café. But when her rejected husband Marvin Macy returns, the result is a bizarre love triangle that brings with it violence, hatred and betrayal.

THE STORY: Amelia, the proprietor of the Sad Cafe, throws her new husband out of their bedroom on their wedding night. Torn between anger and desire the husband finally leaves town only to return some years later to find Amelia showering all her af

"This particular hell is an Army post in the South. Its inhabitants: a sexually disturbed author; his sensual animal of a wife; his fellow-officer and wife's lover; a delicate, sensitive woman who must live with her husband's infidelity; and the driven young Private who brings the searing drama to a head. From these elements, one of America's superlative writers has produced a vision of existance as terrible as it is real-- a shattering voyage into the depths of human hatred and desire." -- Back cover.