内容简介
Aclassicworkthathascharmedgenerationsofreaders,thiscollectionassemblesCarsonMcCullers'sbeststories,includingherbelovednovella"TheBalladoftheSadCafe."Ahauntingtaleofahumantrianglethatculminatesinanastonishingbrawl,thenovellaintroducesreaderstoMissAmelia,aformidablesouthernwomanwhosecafeservesasthetown'sgatheringplace.Amongotherfineworks,thecollectionalsoincludes"Wunderkind,"McCullers'sfirstpublishedstorywrittenwhenshewasonlyseventeenaboutamusicalprodigywhosuddenlyrealizesshewillnotgoontobecomeagreatpianist.Newlyresetandavailableforthefirsttimeinahandsometradepaperbackedition,TheBalladoftheSadCafeisabrilliantstudyofloveandlongingfromoneoftheSouth'sfinestwriters.
作者简介
CarsonMcCullerswasbornatColumbus,Georgia,in1917.ShepublishedTheHeartisaLonelyHunterattheageoftwenty-three.HerotherworksincludeReflectionsinaGoldenEye(1941),TheMemberoftheWedding(1946),TheBalladoftheSadCafé(1951),TheSquareRootofWonderful(1958),aplay,ClockWithoutHands(1961),SweetasaPickle,CleanasaPig(1964)andTheMortgagedHeart(publishedposthumouslyin1972).Shediedin1967.