内容简介:
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter was Carson McCullers' first novel, written in 1940. Set in a small town in the American South, it is the story of a group of people who have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives. This powerful exploration of alienation is both moving and perceptive.
作者简介:Carson McCullers was born at Columbus, Georgia, in 1917. She published
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter at the age of twenty-three. Her other works include
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941),
The Member of the Wedding (1946),
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1951),
The Square Root of Wonderful (1958), a play,
Clock Without Hands (1961),
Sweet as a Pickle,
Clean as a Pig (1964) and
The Mortgaged Heart (published posthumously in 1972). She died in 1967.
书中讲述的是一个关于孤独的故事。麦卡勒斯以她独特的手法写的美国南方小镇,写八月漫长沉闷的下午,写午夜的咖啡馆里喝着冰啤酒徘徊于孤独的人们,写黑人对于自由的隐忍与矛盾的苦痛,写那些期望于改革的人,疯狂绝望却又依然坚定地向前走的决心……这是一个孤独到极至的故事,在那些灰暗的天空底下,那个温和的聋哑人用他的孤独预示了美国这样一个狂乱年代的变更。没有人能摆脱掉孤独的影子,至死方休。
卡森·麦卡勒斯,20世纪美国最重要的作家之一,1917年2月19日生于美国佐治亚州的Columbus。29岁后瘫痪。著有《心是孤独的猎手》、《婚礼的成员》、《黄金眼睛的映像》、《没有指针的钟》等小说作品。其中,《心是孤独的猎手》在美国“现代文库”所评出的“20世纪百佳英文小说”中列第17位。1967年9月29日麦卡勒斯在纽约州的Nyack去世,时年50岁。