Clock Without Hands - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140023178 ISBN 13 : 9780140023176

Editeur : Penguin, 1977

Synopsis

Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals the book explores the roots of racial prejudice in the 1950s.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Carson McCullers was born in 1917. She is the critically acclaimed author of several popular novels in the 1940s and '50s, including The Member of the Wedding (1946). Her novels frequently depicted life in small towns of the southeastern United States and were marked by themes of loneliness and spiritual isolation. McCullers suffered from ill health most of her adult life, including a series of strokes that began when she was in her 20s; she died at the age of 50. The Member of the Wedding was dramatized for the stage in the 1950s and filmed in 1952 and 1997. Other films based on her books are Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967, with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968, starring Alan Arkin) and The Ballad of the Sad Café (1991).

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this thoughtful and moving novel, four men find themselves inextricably bound together by their past histories. The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice, especially when he finds out the truth about his parentage. Through the eyes of these individuals Carson McCullers explores the roots of racial prejudice and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140023178
• ISBN 13: 9780140023176
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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