# The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

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- Authors: [Carson McCullers](https://www.bookquiver.com/carson-mccullers)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-03-27
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general

## Description

Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the café where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry socialist drunkard, a frustrated black doctor: each pours their heart out to Singer, their silent confidant, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways the could never imagine. Moving, sensitive and deeply humane, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love.

## Editions

### The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4181-486-4
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2026-07-30
- Language: en_GB

### The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

- Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
- Medium: audio
- Length: 2 h 20 min
- Narrated by: David Bower
- ISBN: 978-15-2912-765-2
- Published: 2020-09-17
- Language: en_GB

### The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-1819-608-0
- Published: 2012-04-26
- Language: en_GB

### The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-522-4
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2008-03-27
- Language: en_GB

### The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

- Publisher: Modern Library
- ISBN: 978-06-7942-474-1
- Pages: 448
- Published: 1993-05-18
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [El corazón es un cazador solitario](https://www.bookquiver.com/carson-mccullers/es/el-corazon-es-un-cazador-solitario) (es_ES)
- [Le Coeur est un chasseur solitaire](https://www.bookquiver.com/carson-mccullers/fr/le-coeur-est-un-chasseur-solitaire) (fr_FR)
- [心は孤独な狩人](https://www.bookquiver.com/carson-mccullers/ja/kokoroha-kodoku-na-kariudo) (ja_JP)
- [Serce to samotny myśliwy](https://www.bookquiver.com/carson-mccullers/pl/serce-to-samotny-mysliwy) (pl_PL)
- [O Coração É Um Caçador Solitário](https://www.bookquiver.com/carson-mccullers/pt/o-coracao-e-um-cacador-solitario) (pt_PT)
- [Серце — самотній мисливець](https://www.bookquiver.com/karson-makkalers/uk/sertse-samotnii-myslyvets) (uk_UA)