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:''For the song 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter' see The Cosmic Game''
'''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter''' (1940) is a novel by Carson McCullers. It is centered on a deaf man named John Singer and the people he encounters in a 1930s mill town in the U.S. state of Georgia. The struggles of four of his primary acquaintances make up the majority of the narrative; they are Mick Kelly, a young girl, Jake Blount, a labor agitator, Biff Brannon, a restaurateur, and Dr. Benedict Copeland, an idealistic African-American doctor.
A 1968 film adaptation by the same name was directed by Robert Ellis Miller. It stars Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Laurinda Barrett, Stacy Keach, Percy Rodriguez, Chuck McCann and Cicely Tyson. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alan Arkin) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Sondra Locke).

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The novel is among many works of art by numerous authors which have been subjected to social criticism for the manner in which deaf people are represented; The novel's protagonist, John Singer, is "silent", a characterization that appeals to hearing people's beliefs that silence represents a dark side in deaf people and implies that deaf people are shut off in their state from mankind. Social critics and scholars in deaf culture, as well as deaf people themselves, find these kinds of representations to be unrealistically generalized to all deaf people. On the other hand, Singer is represented as a kind, understanding character who communicates well with others.

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★ In depth review of the novel