WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? COLLECTED STORIES

Immerse yourself in the world of Carson McCullers' short stories, where brutality intertwines with gentleness, and a voice is given to those whom no one has wanted to listen to before. It is a literary journey through the American South, full of disappointments, bitterness, and longing for a lost childhood. Discover the intensity and noble spirit reminiscent of the times of Herman Melville. Let yourself be carried away by the extraordinary gift of storytelling and the impressions translated into words.

• First Polish edition of all Carson McCullers' short stories
• Author of the outstanding novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Raw prose like the American South
• Brutality intertwined with gentleness
• Voice given to those whom no one wanted to listen to
• Amazing humanity in describing different races

Carson McCullers, an American writer, gained recognition for her unique perspective on human experiences. Her work is characterized by a deep understanding of loneliness, alienation, and the search for meaning in difficult times. McCullers, although concerned about the barbarism of racism in her native South, created allegorical and yet crystal-clear stories. She placed individual people, especially losers, on a pedestal. With a golden hand, she described the lonely heart. Her books are not just reading, but above all a journey into the depths of the human psyche.

In McCullers' short stories, we meet a young pianist who has imperceptibly lost her talent, an unfulfilled writer falling into madness, a sick girl dreaming of immersing herself in the cool water of the pool, a worried father hiding his wife's alcoholism. "I don't want to grow up if that's what it's going to be like" -, says one of the heroines. Because adulthood is disappointment and bitterness, and you can only hide in the memories of childhood. The author allows those to speak who no one has wanted to listen to or even understand until now.

McCullers' prose evokes admiration for the amazing humanity that allows a white writer to write about blacks with the same naturalness and justice as about representatives of her own race. This is difficult to explain by style or worldview alone. It seems that it stems from an attitude towards life that allows McCullers to rise above the pressure of the environment and embrace all of humanity - black and white - with a gesture of understanding and tenderness. She is a writer of the highest class, a master of peculiar observation and an unsurpassed storyteller.