<p>Carson McCullers was all of twenty-three when she published her first novel, <em>The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter</em>. She became an overnight literary sensation, and soon such authors as Tennessee Williams were calling her "the greatest prose writer that the South [has] produced." Available now for the first time on audio from Caedmon and HarperAudio, <em>The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter</em> tells an unforgettable tale of moral isolation in a small southern mill town in the 1930s.</p> <p>Richard Wright was astonished by McCullers's ability "to rise above the pressures of her environment and embrace white and black humanity in one sweep of apprehension and tenderness." Hers is a humanity that touches all who come to her work, whether for the first time or, as so many do, time and time again. <em>The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter</em> is Carson McCullers at her most compassionate, most enduring best.</p> <p>Performed by Cherry Jones</p>