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除了最為外顯的種族、經濟、階級隔閡，人心之間難以建立連結，無法理解，也無法被理解所帶來的孤立與無望，也被麥卡勒斯以極其敏銳的洞察捕捉，並以饒富詩意的語言所刻劃。作者不僅生動描繪了1940年代美國南方的生活景況，更寫下了苦澀而淒美，人我之間並不以相通為前提的，莫之能禦的寂寥況味。
Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the café where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry socialist drunkard, a frustrated black doctor: each pours their heart out to Singer, their silent confidant, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways the could never imagine. Moving, sensitive and deeply humane,
explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love.
