Complete Stories

English

ISBN: 0374515360

EAN: 9780374515362

Category: Fiction / Literary

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 01/31/1971

Synopsis: Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery OConnors 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 OConnor put together in her short lifetime--Everything That Rises Must ConvergeandA Good Man Is Hard to Find. OConnor published her first story, The Geranium, in 1946, while she was working on her masters degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, Judgement Day--sent to her publisher shortly before her deathis 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 OConnors longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux. Flannery OConnorwas born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. When she died at the age of thirty-nine, America lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers. Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery OConnors 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 OConnor put together in her short lifetimeEverything That Rises Must ConvergeandA Good Man Is Hard to Find. OConnor published her first story, The Geranium, in 1946, while she was working on her masters degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, Judgement Daysent to her publisher shortly before her deathis 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 OConnors longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux. Winner of the National Book Award The stories burn brighter than ever, and strike deeper.Walter Clemons,Newsweek What we lost when she died is bitter. What we have is astonishing: the stories burn brighter than ever, and strike deeper.Walter Clemons,Newsweek

Awards: National Book Awards – null 

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Complete Stories

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.7 inches

Width: 5.4 inches

Length: 8.2 inches

Weight: 18.27 oz

Pages: 576