Carson McCullers,
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. I don't know how I managed to miss this book for all these years. Just beautiful: simple, moving, exquisite. The central figure is left an enigma. None of the people fulfill their potentials, their strivings. Life just wears on and leaves them behind. It's a sad story, but not wrenching - it just leaves you with a heartache.
I think petering heart ache is more honest then tragedy. It seems like there's too much drama to preserve if you're actually to live out a tragic life.
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