Flannery O'Connor

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 Complete Stories

This is the first complete collection of Flannery O'Connor's stories. This volume, which includes all the stories from A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, also contains several stories never before published in book form. Flannery O'Connor was a unique writer whose work embodies not only the tensions and contradictions of the American South but many of the obsessions and issues at the heart of modernity, and some of her best work is to be found in her stories.

Jim Hagan

flannery o’connor was absolutely brilliant. her presentation of the human race is honest in its depiction of hope and hopelessness and the brutality that often accompanies each 

༺ kat ༻

flannery o’connor was absolutely brilliant. her presentation of the human race is honest in its depiction of hope and hopelessness and the brutality that often accompanies each 

:: my favorites were ::

the geranium

a good man is hard to find

a late night encounter with the enemy

the partridge festival 

the lame shall enter first 

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, these thirty-one powerful and disturbing stories cement Flannery O'Connor as one of the preeminent fiction writers of the twentieth century. This collection includes twelve stories that did not appear in the two story collections O'Connor put together in her lifetime. This collection includes the following short stories: "The Geranium" "The Barber" "Wildcat" "The Crop" "The Turkey" "The Train" "The Peeler" "The Heart of the Park" "A Stroke of Good Fortune" "Enoch and the Gorilla" "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" "A Late Encounter with the Enemy" "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" "The River" "A Circle in the Fire" "The Displaced Person" "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" "The Artificial Nigger" "Good Country People" "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead" "Greeleaf" "A View of the Woods" "The Enduring Chill" "The Comforts of Home" "Everything That Rises Must Converge" "The Partridge Festival" "The Lame Shall Enter First" "Why Do the Heathen Rage" "Revelation" "Parker's Back" "Judgement Day" Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.

Leigh P. Beadle

Thirty-one tales depicting the humorous, if near tragic conditions of life in the Deep South during the fifties

Donald

I'm not sure Merton is right to compare O'Connor to Sophocles, but it says something that the comparison isn't prima facie absurd.

Parker's Back is one of the best things I've ever read. Looking forward to reading all these stories over the next year or two.

Charlotte Gyselinck

I dnf'ed it a little over halfway through. I really thought the writing was good and the point of the stories was often very thought provoking but the constant use of the n*-word (or related words) was getting too much for me. 
I tried to see the stories in their historical context (1950s southern states) but the negative attitude toward black people was too often in the front of the story and it honestly made me sick. I think by now we are used to when people treat black people badly or speak racist in a book that the point of the story will somehow be related to that theme, but unfortunately that is not a point the stories are trying to make.

Prashant Prasad

3.5

this took forever to get through most of the stories seemed repetitive and they’re mostly about shitty people but i’m still interested in reading her other novels 

that said you can see how o’connor influenced stories centred around the south (even the works of donna tartt whom i love), and there’s some great insight into the social climate during segregation

Bad Girl Bex

"Did you ever eat a chicken that's 2 days old?"

Deserves more than 3 out of 5, but not 4. I really wish GR would bring in scores out of 10.

Just another scalpel-sharp dissection of life in the South in the mid 20th Century...where Miss Flannery does a good old switcheroo on your feelings by the time you've finished reading.

Not all people are good people; country or not.

This is the complete collection of stories from one of the most original and powerful American writers of the twentieth-century. Including A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, this collection also contains several stories only available in this volume.

Complete Stories

Jameson Truitt

Slightly unsettling but truly deep and moving stories. Writing style is unforgettable. A must read for anyone who loves symbolism, philosophy or any christian readers. 

The Complete Stories

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