CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS [IMPORT] (Paperback)

by CARSON MCCULLERS (Author) "DEATH is always the same, but each man dies in his own way..." (more)
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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD; New Ed edition (1965)
• ISBN-10: 0140023178
• ISBN-13: 978-0140023176
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good...definately good...reads fast and good..., November 29, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Jackson, Michiga) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clock Without Hands (Paperback)

Geez...what can I say about this book? Well...I could start by saying that is was an excellent novel. Being 16 years old and all, this book really explained to me how some of the old southerners thought. They still had pride in the "old south" and it fascinated me that the old judge wanted Confederate money to be made redeemable into US dollars. I just could believe it. It portrayed racist, economic, and political issues in a very believable way. It was, all in all, emotional and it really had every emotion contained within it. At times it was funny. At times is was serious. Sometimes it was happy. Sometimes it was sad. It really gets you going once you read the first 10 pages. I liked it very much and do recommend it to everyone -- regardless of age.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conflicts and brutality as the Old South slowly dies, April 26, 2003

By	Linda Linguvic (New York City) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Clock Without Hands (Paperback)

Written in 1953, this book explores the racial tensions in a small southern town. The winds of integration are in the air and the Old South is dying. The story is told through several characters. There's a pharmacist dying of leukemia who struggles with the diagnosis. There's a elderly judge who's a former congressman who really believes that the confederate money hoarded in his attic will some day bring him riches. There's the judge's grandson who sees changes coming. And then there's a young blue-eyed Negro who tries to be accepted.

Carson McCullers is a master of setting the stage for this disturbing tale which is certainly not comfortable to read. Each of the characters is exaggerated but that is her intent. She lays out the conflict with surgical precision and creates a world that doesn't exist any more. It's a brutal world and all the sugar coated Southern niceties just don't help. There's violence in the air. I felt it coming throughout and hoped it wouldn't happen. But the conclusion is inevitable.

Fine book. Fine writing. Recommended.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite book by Carson McCullers., July 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Clock Without Hands (Paperback)

Not as well known as "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter", this is a beautiful story about small town politics and emotions in the South. McCullers has a talent for describing the dark side of humanity, what drives us and why. Emotions run high in this book where conservative judge, African-American piano player, local pharmacist, and others are connected to one another by unusual ties. It is a difficult book to find, highly recommended.