Cover of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

1940 · literary fiction · young_adult

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
4/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

Set in 1930s Georgia, the novel centers around a deaf and mute man, John Singer. Singer has been devastated by the loss of his dear friend, Antonapoulos, who was committed to an asylum for bad behavior

Set in

  • Columbus · United States
    unnamed Georgia mill town
    ★ primary

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