In her early short story "Wunderkind," a young piano prodigy realizes she has lost her talent, and runs from her lesson in tears. Partly autobiographical, it describes the end of the author's own aspirations of being a concert pianist. Her husband, an alcoholic who committed suicide was the model for many of her addicts and outcasts. For 10 points—name this Georgia-born author of The Square Root o
In her early short story "Wunderkind," a young piano prodigy realizes she has lost her talent, and runs from her lesson in tears. Partly autobiographical, it describes the end of the author's own aspirations of being a concert pianist. Her husband, an alcoholic who committed suicide was the model for many of her addicts and outcasts. For 10 points—name this Georgia-born author of The Square Root of Wonderful and The Ballad of the Sad Café.
In her early short story "Wunderkind," a young piano prodigy realizes she has lost her talent, and runs from her lesson in tears.
Carson {McCullers}