The Complete Collection of Flannery O'Connor. Thirty Short Stories. Illustrated

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Année de parution:
2025

ISBN-13: 9786178622725

The Complete Collection of Flannery O’Connor: Thirty Short Stories brings together the full breadth of one of America’s most distinctive literary voices. Known for her Southern Gothic style, O’Connor masterfully blends sharp wit, vivid regional detail, and deep moral insight. This volume includes her most celebrated works—such as A Good Man Is Hard to Find, a chilling exploration of grace and violence; Good Country People, a sly dissection of pride and deception; Revelation, a powerful meditation on spiritual awakening; and A Late Encounter with the Enemy, a poignant reflection on vanity and the passage of time.

Across these thirty stories, O’Connor’s characters—often flawed, eccentric, or self?righteous—face moments of reckoning that strip away pretenses and reveal uncomfortable truths. Her prose is spare yet deeply evocative, her humor dark yet laced with compassion. The narratives move between the grotesque and the sublime, always grounded in the tensions of faith, morality, and human frailty.

This complete collection is more than a showcase of O’Connor’s technical brilliance; it is a profound journey into the heart of the human condition. Whether read for its unforgettable characters, biting irony, or spiritual depth, it offers a timeless portrait of life’s complexities, illuminated by one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers.

Contents:

-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

-Greenleaf

-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