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Clock without Hands
Carson McCullers
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Description for Clock without Hands
Paperback. 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. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
'Impeccable ... The most impressive of her novels' Atlantic Monthly 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.
'Impeccable ... The most impressive of her novels' Atlantic Monthly 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.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140083583
SKU
V9780140083583
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About Carson McCullers
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Clock without Hands
Again [McCullers] shows a sort of subterranean and ageless instinct for probing the hidden in men's hearts and minds
New York Herald-Tribune
Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure
Gore Vidal The greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no ... Read more
New York Herald-Tribune
Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure
Gore Vidal The greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no ... Read more