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A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Caf." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose caf serves as the town's gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection also includes "Wunderkind," McCullers's first published story written when she was only seventeen about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist. The Ballad of the Sad Caf is a brilliant study of love and longing from one of the South's finest writers.… (más)
Se va lento en muchas partes, incluso puede resultar ligeramente aburrido... pero tiene un encanto que no logro dilucidar; para mí, quizá sea la atmósfera en que se desarrolla la historia y, principalmente, los personajes que McCullers nos narra con toda naturalidad, pese a lo poco comunes que son. Todo ello resulta bizarro, y no obstante no es una historia tan difícil de creer.
La fealdad y las faltas de los personajes son precisamente quienes generan la poesía de este libro, que alcanza incluso el título espléndido que tiene. ( )
Wunderkind: Dragging her books and satchel she stumbled down the stone steps, turned in the wrong direction, and hurried down the street that had become confused with noise and bicycles and the games of other children.
Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland: Mr Brook watched the Airedale until he was out of sight, then resumed his work on the canons which had been turned in by the class in counterpoint.
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This selection contains: The ballad of the sad café -- Wunderkind -- The jockey -- Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland -- The sojourner -- A domestic dilemma -- A tree, a rock, a cloud -- Please do not combine with volumes containing only the short story.
Please do not combine with other selections of (nearly) the same name, but with different content. This is the selection published as a Penguin and now as a Penguin Classic, though under the title of the short story
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Caf." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose caf serves as the town's gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection also includes "Wunderkind," McCullers's first published story written when she was only seventeen about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist. The Ballad of the Sad Caf is a brilliant study of love and longing from one of the South's finest writers.
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La fealdad y las faltas de los personajes son precisamente quienes generan la poesía de este libro, que alcanza incluso el título espléndido que tiene. ( )