The Ballad of the Sad Café

The Ballad of the Sad Café, long novella by Carson McCullers, the title work in a collection of short stories, published in 1951. Peopled with bizarre and grotesque characters, the novella has a folkloric quality and is considered one of the author’s best works. Amelia Evans, a tall and lonely woman, falls passionately in love with her cousin Lymon, a malevolent dwarf. Amelia opens a café that serves as a much-needed social outlet for their...