《心是孤独的猎手》作者麦卡勒斯的第一部长篇小说，也是她一举成名的作品和最具震撼力的代表作，居“现代文库20世纪百佳英文小说”第17位，曾被评为百部最佳同性恋小说之一。
故事的背景类似于《伤心咖啡馆之歌》中炎热的南方小镇。小说中两个聋哑男子的同性之爱令人感动，而同性之恋又是若有若无的，时而激烈，时而沉默。主旨凸显的是麦卡勒斯式的主题：孤独是绝对的，最深切的爱也无法改变人类最终极的孤独。绝望的孤独与其说是原罪，不如说是原罪的原罪。

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With delicacy of perception and memory, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Within the span of a few hours, the irresistible, hoydenish Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother's wedding. Through a perilous skylight we look into the mind of a child torn between her yearning to belong and the urge to run away.