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A review by eriknoteric
Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers
4.0
A haunting tale that gives meaning to the category "Southern Gothic," Carson McCullers' sophomore debut, "Reflections in a Golden Eye" is eerie, beautiful, and reverent.
A cast of characters each with their secrets and each offering a tiny glimpse into a life of another is the highlight of this book. Private Williams watches Mrs. Penderson, Mrs. Penderson secretly loves Major Langdorf, a Filipino houseboy who is the campiest of them all, and Mr. Penderson, though he cannot even identify his own latent homosexuality, struggles in the throes of all these pursuits. The darkness of this book raises a question central to McCullers' work: ought square pegs be forced into round holes just for the sake of normalcy?
A cast of characters each with their secrets and each offering a tiny glimpse into a life of another is the highlight of this book. Private Williams watches Mrs. Penderson, Mrs. Penderson secretly loves Major Langdorf, a Filipino houseboy who is the campiest of them all, and Mr. Penderson, though he cannot even identify his own latent homosexuality, struggles in the throes of all these pursuits. The darkness of this book raises a question central to McCullers' work: ought square pegs be forced into round holes just for the sake of normalcy?