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The collection gathers O’Connor’s most celebrated short novels—Wise Blood, A Good Man is Hard to Find, The Violent Bear It Away and Everything That Rises Must Converge—alongside a selection of her stories and occasional prose. The volume closes with the author’s personal letters, offering insight into her literary process and reflective musings. Together, they provide both a comprehensive overview of her narrative craft and a window into her personal correspondence. This edition presents a cohesive snapshot of O’Connor’s Southern Gothic voice, marked by incisive irony and profound moral questions, while the letters reveal her thoughts on faith, community and the creative act.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Flannery O'Connor
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