New Releases by Carson Mccullers

A new trade paperback edition of McCullers'' second novel, REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, immortalized by the 1967 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and John Houston. Set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, REFLECTIONS tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton''s tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Upon the novel''s publication in 1941, reviewers were unsure of what to make of its relatively scandalous subject matter. But a critic for Time Magazine wrote, "In almost any hands, such material would yield a rank fruitcake of mere arty melodrama. But Carson McCullers tells her tale with simplicity, insight, and a rare gift of phrase." Written during a time when McCullers''s own marriage to Reeves was on the brink of collapse, her second novel deals with her trademark themes of alienation and unfulfilled loves. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Sixteen-year-old Pete relates how his twelve-year-old cousin''s hero worship turns to hatred.

De ce roman foisonnant de personnages se détache la figure adolescente de Mick, qui ressemble étrangement à Carson McCullers. Pauvre, passionnée de musique, elle rôde dans les cours des immeubles pour surprendre les accents d''une symphonie qui s''échappent d''un poste de TSF : " Cette musique ressemblait parfois à de petits morceaux de cristal colorés et, quelquefois, c''était la chose la plus douce, la plus triste que l''on pût imaginer. "¦Mick et bien d''autres personnages s''entrecroisent dans ce roman qui emprunte ses décors au Sud des Etats-Unis où vécut Carson McCullers dans l''immédiat avant-guerre. Elle avait vingt-deux ans quand elle publia ce premier livre, qui est sans doute son chef-d''œuvre.¦¦

Six stories including "Wunderkind," "A Domestic Dilemma," and "The Sojourner" accompany the novella about shattered dreams in a small Southern town.