Works by Carson McCullers
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The Mortgaged Heart (1971)
By Carson McCullers
Edited by her sister Margarita G. Smith, this first collection of Carson's short fiction to be published after her death included critical comments by Sylvia Chatfield Bates, one of Carson's mentors. Of the ten pieces included in the collection, only "Sucker" and "Wunderkind" had been published during the author's lifetime.
By Carson McCullers
Edited by her sister Margarita G. Smith, this first collection of Carson's short fiction to be published after her death included critical comments by Sylvia Chatfield Bates, one of Carson's mentors. Of the ten pieces included in the collection, only "Sucker" and "Wunderkind" had been published during the author's lifetime.