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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 ...

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Overview

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.

Winner of the 1972 National Book Award

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780374515362
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publication date: 1/1/1971
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 555
  • Sales rank: 52,578
  • Lexile: 890L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 1.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. When she died at the age of thirty-nine, America lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers. O’Connor wrote two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960), and two story collections, A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1955) and Everything That Rises Must Converge (1964). Her Complete Stories, published posthumously in 1972, won the National Book Award that year, and in a 2009 online poll it was voted as the best book to have won the award in the contest’s 60-year history. Her essays were published in Mystery and Manners (1969) and her letters in The Habit of Being (1979). In 1988 the Library of America published her Collected Works; she was the first postwar writer to be so honored. O’Connor was educated at the Georgia State College for Women, studied writing at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and wrote much of Wise Blood at the Yaddo artists’ colony in upstate New York. She lived most of her adult life on her family’s ancestral farm, Andalusia, outside Milledgeville, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Geranium 3
The Barber 15
Wildcat 26
The Crop 33
The Turkey 42
The Train 54
The Peeler 63
The Heart of the Park 81
A Stroke of Good Fortune 95
Enoch and the Gorilla 108
A Good Man Is Hard to Find 117
A Late Encounter with the Enemy 134
The Life You Save May Be Your Own 145
The River 157
A Circle in the Fire 175
The Displaced Person 194
A Temple of the Holy Ghost 236
The Artificial Nigger 249
Good Country People 271
You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead 292
Greenleaf 311
A View of the Woods 335
The Enduring Chill 357
The Comforts of Home 383
Everything That Rises Must Converge 405
The Partridge Festival 421
The Lame Shall Enter First 445
Why Do the Heathen Rage? 483
Revelation 488
Parker's Back 510
Judgement Day 531
Notes 551

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 3, 2007

    Flannery O'Connor is incredible

    Flannery O'Connor's dark tales tell stories that plumb the depths of human nature. Far from a shallow portrait of humanity, O'Connor sees right through our dissembling and points to the true problem. She is the closest thing to a truly great writer America has had for many years. Her stories are witty, horrifying, and brilliant.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 29, 2005

    The Most Accomplished American Short Story Writer

    When I was an English major in college, I studied Flannery O'Connor and wrote a thesis on her work. At first, I thought her work was very offputting because some of her stories were grotesque and preachy. Then I began to realize her genius: The ability to portray ordinary people who undergo extraordinary changes in their lives. Her stories are gems of revelation, straddling mystery and manners.

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    O'Connor is a lost treasure~

    I have not ready any of Flannery O'Connor's work prior to purchasing this collection, and boy - what I have been missing! This is a complete collection of all of her shot stories, including ones that have not been published in book form before. Each story is unique, and sends you on a journey that can be sometimes sad, echantingm and even shocking! Definite one for anyone who loves a great short story. Can not put it down - wish she had written more.

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  • Posted June 30, 2009

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    Wonderful collection

    If you love Flannery O'Connor's short stories, get this book. She remains one of America's finest writers and her tales never get old. "Parker's Back", "Revelation", "Good Country People", "A Good Man is Hard to Find", and many others are in this collection. GET IT, READ IT, LOVE IT!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 27, 2004

    Unimpressed.

    I am not impressed by her stories and takes an unrealistic and a shallow approach to humanity.

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