Flannery O. Connor Bücher

Flannery O’Connors Storys spielen in den Südstaaten, dem Kernland des konservativen Amerika. Mit meisterhafter Präzision entwirft sie Schauplätze und Figuren – engstirnige, selbstgerechte Provinzler, deren gottesfürchtige Existenz durch Eindringlinge gestört wird: Wie der Outlaw, der im vollen Bewusstsein seiner Niedertracht eine wehrlose Dame erschießt. Oder der Landstreicher, der die taubstumme Farmerstochter heiratet, um das Auto der Farmerin zu ergaunern. Mit unbestechlichem Blick für groteske Situationen und mit beißender Ironie legt Flannery O’Connor den Finger in Wunden ihrer Zeit, die heute wieder aufgebrochen sind: Rassismus, und eine diffuse Angst vor dem Fremden.

Contents:Wise blood --The violent bear it away --A good man is hard to find --The life you save may be your own --A stroke of good fortune --A temple of the Holy Ghost --The artificial nigger --A circle in the fire --A late encounter with the enemy --Good country people --The displaced person.

Contains letters written by Flannery O'Connor.

The essays and articles in this volume are concerned mainly with the art of fiction--its quality, in regional writing; its nature and its aims; and its relatino to the writer's religion.

Featuring thirty-one stories, this collection includes twelve previously unpublished works by O'Connor that were not part of her two lifetime collections, "Everything That Rises Must Converge" and "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." The anthology showcases her distinctive voice and keen observations of human nature, offering readers a deeper understanding of her literary contributions and the themes she explored throughout her career.

Winner of the National Book Award 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 story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime - Everything That Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, "Judgement Day" - sent to her publisher shortly before her death - is a brilliantly rewritten and transfigured version of "The Geranium." Taken together, these stories reveal a lively, penetrating talent that has given us some of the most powerful and disturbing fiction of the twentieth century. Also included is an introduction by O'Connor's longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux.

The inspiring devotional journal of a young Flannery O'Connor, which contains the key to her life and work