"The dark guilt in all men, unreckoned and without a name."

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frm 'The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter'.

a) What an amazing line! Tell me about your experiences of finding Carson McCullers amazing.

b) Who told her? I have never read this feeling referred to, let alone surmised so perfectly, in any male writer* - why not?

*c) EXCEPT that I sort of feel that much, maybe even most, of 'Brief Interviews With Hideous Men' is totally concerned with exactly this feeling, analysing it & exploring its causes and consequences... do you agree?

― Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 13 May 2007 20:42 (eighteen years ago)

For me it started with the beautiful 'A Member of the Wedding' and went from there. So far, 'The Heart..." is the only book of hers I haven't read. I've had it for a while, but have been putting it off because then there'll be nothing left.

― James Morrison, Monday, 14 May 2007 03:33 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't that sort of what The Minister's Black Veil is about?

― Hurting 2, Monday, 14 May 2007 05:44 (eighteen years ago)

Oh! That's a good point.

― Gravel Puzzleworth, Monday, 14 May 2007 09:53 (eighteen years ago)

I should read more of her. Only read "The Heart..........". One of the two best novels I've read (for the first time) in the past 5 years, the other being Bulgakov.

― frankiemachine, Monday, 14 May 2007 17:03 (eighteen years ago)

I only bring up that story because I re-read it recently. It's amazing.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:36 (eighteen years ago)

Well I mean I bring it up because it's relevant too.

― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

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