by Carson McCullers · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432204135
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is a novella by American author Carson McCullers, originally published in 1951. The story is set in a small town in the southern United States and tells the life of Miss Amelia, a strong and independent woman who runs a store and a cafe. The arrival of a stranger, Cousin Lymon, will change her life and that of the town, triggering a series of unexpected events and revealing the complexities of love and loneliness. This edition of Seix Barral, belonging to the Biblioteca Breve collection, presents the Spanish translation by María Campuzano.
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes. Most are set in the Deep South.
