Audiobooks by Carson McCullers

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

Frequently cited as one of the great works of 20th-Century American fiction, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Carson McCullers’ remarkable first novel, published to instant acclaim when she was just 23. Set in the 1930s, in a small mill town in the middle of America’s Deep South, it tells the story of Mick Kelly, a tomboy with a passion for music who dreams of buying a piano. On the cusp of womanhood, she is desperate to grow up, and feels misunderstood by everyone around her. So when lonely deaf-mute John Singer comes to stay as a lodger in Mick’s house, she is drawn to his kindness and sympathetic nature, and confides her secret hopes, dreams and ambitions to him. But she is not the only person in town to become fascinated by Singer. Biff Brannon, the owner of the café where Singer eats every day; Doctor Copeland, an idealistic black doctor disturbed by racism and injustice; angry alcoholic Jake Blount – all pour out their hearts to him, seeking connection. He, in turn, transforms their disenchanted lives in ways they could never imagine… Dramatised by poet and playwright Amanda Dalton, this powerful exploration of loneliness, alienation and the human need to love and be loved stars Coco Green as Mick and David Bower as Singer. Cast Mick Kelly ..... Coco Green Bubber ..... Aaron Gelkoff John Singer ..... David Bower Biff Brannon ..... Michael S. Siegel Jake Blount ..... Andonis Anthony Alice Brannon ..... Laurel Lefkow Portia Jones ..... Anna Jobarteh Dr Benedict Copeland..... Delroy Brown Etta Kelly ..... Lily Green Willie Copeland/Deputy Sheriff..... Tachia Newall Harry Minowitz ..... Eric Sirakian Dramatised by Amanda Dalton Directed by Susan Roberts First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15-22 March 2020

Carson McCullers, Carson Mccullers (Author), Coco Green, David Bower (Narrator)

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Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

When she was only twenty-three, Carson McCullers's first novel created a literary sensation. She was very special, one of America's superlative writers who conjures up a vision of existence as terrible as it is real, who takes us on shattering voyages into the depths of the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition. This novel is the work of a supreme artist, Carson McCullers's enduring masterpiece. The heroine is the strange young girl, Mick Kelly. The setting is a small Southern town, the cosmos universal and eternal. The characters are the damned, the voiceless, the rejected. Some fight their loneliness with violence and depravity, Some with sex or drink, and some -- like Mick -- with a quiet, intensely personal search for beauty.

Carson Mc Cullers, Carson McCullers (Author), Cherry Jones (Narrator)

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The Member of the Wedding

Gangly, outspoken 12-year-old Frankie Addams yearns to belong to the "we of me," and in a Southern kitchen, pours her heart out to the family cook, Berenice. One of the most beautiful plays ever written about loneliness and love. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: June Angela as Janice and Helen John Cothran Jr. as T.T. Williams Ruby Dee as Bernice Sadie Brown Daniel Henson as John Henry West Victor Mack as Honey Camden Brown Jena Malone as Frankie Addams Lawrence Pressman as Mr. Addams Jacquelyn Riggs as Mrs. West and Doris Tegan West as Jarvis and Barney MacKean Directed by Judyann Elder. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Carson McCullers (Author), Jena Malone, Ruby Dee (Narrator)

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