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(0)Flannery O'Connor
Author
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Connor's work.
The orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, Rayber, struggle to defy the prophecy of their dead uncle—that Tarwater will become a prophet and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. As Tarwater fights
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Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two short story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime -- Everything that Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 39
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
This collection contains all of Flannery O'Connor's novels and short story collections, as well as nine other stories, eight of her most important essays, and a selection of 259 letters, twenty-one published here for the first time.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Written between 1946 and 1947 while O'Connor was a student far from home at the University of Iowa, A prayer journal is a rare portal into the interior life of the great writer. Not only does it map O'Connor's singular relationship with the divine, but it shows how entwined her literary desire was with her yearning for God"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Signet books volume E9792
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
