Carson McCullers
Author
Series
Bantam classic volume FC139
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frankie Addams, a motherless twelve-year-old raised by her father and the family's African-American cook, struggles with conflicting feelings about her brother's upcoming wedding.
Author
Language
English
Description
This collection assembles Carson McCullers' best stories, including her study of love and longing "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 works, the collection also includes "Wunderkind," McCullers' first published story, written when she was only...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Description
"On the eve of court-ordered integration" in small-town Georgia, four characters interact: "J.T. Malone, a lonely, dying middle-aged druggist looking to redeem his misspent life; Fox Clane, a corrupt old judge and defender of the ways of the Old South; Jester Clane, the judge's orphaned grandson, a directionless adolescent with a strong sense of social justice; and Sherman Pew, an angry, blue-eyed black youth in search of his own identity."--Mariner...
Author
Language
English
Description
Carson McCullers--novelist, dramatist, poet--was at the peak of her powers as a writer of short fiction. Here are nineteen stories that explore her signature themes: wounded adolescence, loneliness in marriage, and the tragicomedy of life in the South. Here too are two novellas that Tennessee Williams judged to be "assuredly among the masterpieces of our language."--Publisher description.
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume NDP153
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Frankie cannot understand why everyone disapproves of her idea of going on her brother's honeymoon. A lonely young girl decides that she will accompany her brother and his wife on their honeymoon.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 128
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
827 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1963
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
150 pages, [4] pages pf plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Plain-faced and unhappy, the eccentric Miss Amelia marries and publicly humiliates Marvin, Macy, a charming con man who has fallen in love with her, causing him to battle to break her spirit and her heart as an act of revenge.
Author
Series
Laurel drama volume LX119
Publisher
[Dell Pub. Co.]
Pub. Date
[1960]
Physical Desc
447 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Including : "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Home of the Brave," "All my Sons," "Lost in the Stars," and "The Member of the Wedding."
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When deaf-mute John Singer moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend, a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit.
"John Singer, who is deaf . . . moves from a small town in order to be close to his institutionalized friend Antonapoulos, who is deaf and mentally impaired. Singer rents a room with a family whose father, Mr. Kelly, is unable to earn a living due to a serious...
