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A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories

Flannery O'Connor

Hardcover | Pages: 252 pages

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Title	:	A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Author	:	Flannery O'Connor
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 252 pages
Published	:	October 15th 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published 1955)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Classics. Gothic. Southern Gothic. Literature. American. Southern

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This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writers to emerge from the South. Her apocalyptic vision of life is expressed through grotesque, often comic situations in which the principal character faces a problem of salvation: the grandmother, in the title story, confronting the murderous Misfit; a neglected four-year-old boy looking for the Kingdom of Christ in the fast-flowing waters of the river; General Sash, about to meet the final enemy. Stories include:

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
"The River"
"The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
"A Stroke of Good Fortune"
"A Temple of the Holy Ghost"
"The Artificial Nigger"
"A Circle in the Fire"
"A Late Encounter with the Enemy"
"Good Country People"
"The Displaced Person"
©1955 Flannery O'Connor; 1954, 1953, 1948 by Flannery O'Connor; renewed 1983, 1981 by Regina O'Connor; renewed 1976 by Mrs. Edward F. O'Connor; (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Original Title:	A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
ISBN:	0151365040 (ISBN13: 9780151365043)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Tom T. Shiftlet, Lucynell Crater

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I am developing quite an addiction for the Southern flavor of American literature, and reading my first short story collection by Flannery O'Connor is more than just adding fuel to the flame of my interest. She is surpassing all my expectations and constantly going beyond the surface of things to touch on personal trauma that is often as unavoidable, tragic and soul reaving as a Greek tragedy. I am not sure if I should use the term 'gothic' for her stories. Yes, her subjects are usually deformed

My review, as well as my other thoughts on reading, also can be found on my blog.Coated with cynicism, the stories of A Good Man is Hard to Find question the possibility of redemption in a society nearly rotten. Almost all the stories grotesque and make strange Biblical narratives, from the drowning of demonic pigs to angels in the wilderness. OConnors stark descriptions of the South are breathtaking, and her ability to create sympathetic but unlikable characters is impressive. The most

This collection was just incredible. I don't think I've encountered a white writer that wrote of quotidian racism and the strange bond it creates between racist individuals with such insight since I read Lessing. This was so good and so well written, one captivating story after the other and now I can't wait to read her novels and the collection of essays.

First things first, OConnor did exactly what she intended to do here. Its not a failure by any stretch (if, at times, close-cropped and uneven). Whatever shes doing, cruel and unusual, shes good at it. But dear God, it just happens to be the exact kind of thing that revolts something deep down in my gut. Im usually all on board with the creepy, crazy, what-have-you, but the difference here is that nobody is even alive before theyre dead. Bleak, oppressive, macabre, all of that applies, but Ive

What you come to expect from Ms. O'Connor: Quick. Descriptive. Weird. Bizarre. Disturbing. Ambiguous. Not for everyone. Fun.

Darkly disturbing these short stories often end with a macabre twist that you dont always see coming. Im still getting over the first story in the collection! Clever and twisted.

All ten of the stories in this anthology are depressing, macabre and grotesque. Their strength lies in their vivid description of life in the South for the many poor, uneducated and disadvantaged.Flannery OConnor (1925-1964) writes in the Southern Gothic Style. Disabilities, sanity, race, religion and social inequalities are scrutinized in a cold detached manner. Not a pinch of sentimentality is to be found. Her writing is remarkably vivid. First published in 1953, the collection opens a window