![]() well, I suppose this mightn't be much of a suggestion, in that I can't find the words to describe to you "what the book is about" - the wikipedia page says that it's "about a deaf man named John Singer and the people he encounters in a 1930s mill town in the US state of Georgia. If you have read it, tell me your thoughts on it. I have reread The Heart is a Lonely Hunter many times since then, and I find it gets better with each reading. ![]() It's a completely engrossing, and magnificently crafted, piece of work - a wonder, to know that it's McCullers's debut, published when she was just twenty-three years old! Spiros Antonapoulos Spiros Antonapoulos is a friend of John Singer. ![]() He seems to be a flawless person, who is always ready to lend a hand and absolutely selfless. I found it a fantastic read back then, and I still do. John Singer is a deaf-mute engraver who becomes a confidant of other main characters. ![]() I found it on the last day of school, tenth grade, in a stack among other books on a table in the library, meant to be rotated out or replaced or just done away with. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. ![]() I read this book for the first time many years ago. Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. ![]()
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