The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: Carson McCullers' Novella Adapted for the Stage

Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories includes six stories that accompany the novella about shattered dreams in a small Southern town.

Amelia, the proprietor of the Sad Cafe, throws her new husband out of their bedroom on their wedding night. Torn between anger and desire the husband finally leaves town only to return some years later to find Amelia showering all her affection on a dwarf cousin who has come to live with her. The day of reckoning soon arrives and the husband and wife meet to settle their differences with their bare hands.

Author: Edward Albee, Carson McCullers
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9781416577492
ISBN10: 1416577491
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Southern