The Mortgaged Heart: Selected Writings

An absorbing look at the early beginnings of one of America's finest writers, The Mortgaged Heart is an important collection of Carson McCullers's work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collection also contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her best-selling novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. As new generations of readers continue to discover her work, Carson McCullers's celebrated place in American letters survives more surely than ever. Edited by McCullers's sister and with a new introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, The Mortgaged Heart will be an inspiration to writers young and old.

Author: Carson McCullers
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/05/2005
Pages: 292
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.46w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780618057054
ISBN10: 0618057056
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)