The Mortgaged Heart

by Carson McCullers

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395109531
• ISBN13: 9780395109533
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Usual McCullers Style

Mortgaged Heart is yet another example of Carson McCullers theme of spiritual isolation. You can feel the pain of each character. If you like McCullers as much as I do this is a great one.