Clock Without Hands
«The greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass»
Tennessee Williams
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. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780140083583
- Utgivelsesår
- 1986
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«The greatest prose writer that the South produced ... She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass»
Tennessee Williams
«Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure»
Gore Vidal
«Again [McCullers] shows a sort of subterranean and ageless instinct for probing the hidden in men's hearts and minds»
New York Herald-Tribune