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Carson McCullers' extraordinary American Gothic tale of love and betrayal in the deep South tells the story of Miss Amelia, a very unconventional woman. A six-foot-two giantess, strong and self-reliant, she married Marvin Macy, the meanest and most handsome man in town, and then threw him out after ten days. Now she runs the local store alone, until Cousin Lymon, a strutting, hunchbacked dwarf, comes to town, steals her heart and transforms the store into a buzzing café. But when her rejected husband returns, a bizarre love triangle ensues and the battle of the sexes begins.
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The Ballad of the Sad Café, Carson McCullers
- Language
- Released
- 1963
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Carson McCullers
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1963
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140019073
- ISBN13
- 9780140019070
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Classics, Short Stories, Friendship, USA, American Literature, Literary Fiction, America, Race, Racism, Gothic, Betrayal, Loneliness, Jealousy, American South, Coffee, Outsider, Disappointment, Southern Gothic, Nerds, Marshlands
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Carson McCullers' extraordinary American Gothic tale of love and betrayal in the deep South tells the story of Miss Amelia, a very unconventional woman. A six-foot-two giantess, strong and self-reliant, she married Marvin Macy, the meanest and most handsome man in town, and then threw him out after ten days. Now she runs the local store alone, until Cousin Lymon, a strutting, hunchbacked dwarf, comes to town, steals her heart and transforms the store into a buzzing café. But when her rejected husband returns, a bizarre love triangle ensues and the battle of the sexes begins.