Clock Without Hands (Modern Classics)
The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual...
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The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites.
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ISBN:
9780140083583 (0140083588)
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Americana,
Southern,
Modern Classics,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic,
American Classics
Read combined review here: 'Complete Novels of Carson McCullers'
Published in 1961, this story is set in a small town in southern USA. The overt story concerns race, justice and to some extent mortality, though there are plenty of other threads. However, it's the examination of the protagonists' views on race that are most interesting and, to some extent troublin...
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