{"title":"O'Connor, Flannery","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-good-man-is-hard-to-find-and-other-stories-flannery-oconnor-paperback","title":"A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories -- Flannery O'Connor, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn essential collection of classic stories that established Flannery O'Connor's reputation as an American master of fiction--now with a new introduction by\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Lauren Groff\u003c\/strong\u003e In 1955, with the title story and others in this critical edition, Flannery O'Connor firmly laid claim to her place as one of the most original and provocative writers of her generation. Steeped in a Southern Gothic tradition that would become synonymous with her name, these stories show O'Connor's unique view of life--infused with religious symbolism, haunted by apocalyptic possibility, sustained by the tragic comedy of human behavior, confronted by the necessity of salvation. These classic stories--including \"The Life You Save May Be Your Own,\" \"Good Country People,\" and \"The Displaced Person,\" among others, are sure to inspire future generations of fans and remind existing readers why she remains a master of the short story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Flannery O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358139560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFLANNERY O'CONNOR (1925-1964) was born in Savannah, Georgia. She earned her MFA at the University of Iowa, but lived most of her life in the South. Her work--novels, short stories, letters, and criticism--received a number of awards, including the National Book Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e LAUREN GROFF is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of three novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies, \u003c\/i\u003e and two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDelicate Edible Birds.\u003c\/i\u003e She has won the PEN\/O. Henry Award, and was a two-time finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.","brand":"O'Connor, Flannery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589034729700,"sku":"9780358139560","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/71ytGhvxiVL.jpg?v=1777663723"},{"product_id":"wise-blood-flannery-oconnor-paperback","title":"Wise Blood -- Flannery O'Connor, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlannery O'Connor's haunting first novel of faith, false prophets, and redemptive wisdom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature. It is the story of Hazel Motes, a twenty-two-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his inborn, desperate fate. He falls under the spell of a blind street preacher named Asa Hawks and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter, Sabbath Lily. In an ironic, malicious gesture of his own non-faith, and to prove himself a greater cynic than Hawks, Motes founds the Church Without Christ, but is still thwarted in his efforts to lose God. He meets Enoch Emery, a young man with wise blood, who leads him to a mummified holy child and whose crazy maneuvers are a manifestation of Motes's existential struggles. This tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdom gives us one of the most riveting characters in American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Flannery O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.52w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/25\/2013 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlannery O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-1964) was one of America's most gifted writers. She wrote two novels, \u003ci\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Violent Bear It Away\u003c\/i\u003e, and two story collections, \u003ci\u003eA Good Man Is Hard to Find \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything That Rises Must Converge\u003c\/i\u003e. Her \u003ci\u003eComplete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. 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