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“The best book in the whole world!”
Jesse D wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“For the last time you dumb yankees, there aint no thing such as the southern gothic save for in your diseased little minds.”
Ash O wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Master of the short story. ”
Patrick W wrote this review Friday, October 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Rarely do I get to read a short story anthology (other the the textbook for various classes that I teach), so this was a double treat. O'Connor's themes are disturbing and her protrayal of society is too.”
Bil wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Some of my favorite short stories are in here. Read 'A Late Encounter With the Enemy,' 'The Displaced Person,' 'The River,' and 'Good Country People.'”
Brennan D wrote this review Monday, July 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“There's some really twisted stuff in here!”
Eileen M wrote this review Sunday, July 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Flannery O'Connor is one of my favorite writers. She's witty and provocotive, yet she's still able to lend an (at times) inappropriate softness to her stories which I adore.”
Mommie and the City wrote this review Friday, June 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“First read Flannery O'Connor my freshman year in college and have loved her work ever since. It confronts me again and again with my own darkness, and the weight of grace. There are few other writers as adept at portraying a Christ-haunted south and unnerving the reader with the darkness of God's grace. ”
Brian Brown wrote this review Friday, March 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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The Literary Hammer wrote this review Saturday, January 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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.”
“These stories are amazing, tragic, and deep with meaning. Southern Gothic at its best. It will also give you some interesting dreams when read just before bed.”
struggleville wrote this review Monday, September 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
