A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

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Series: school reading I actually enjoyed
Length: 279 pages
ASIN: B003PDMN18

Some of my best and most meaningful school reading experiences came from those moments when I sat back, stunned, and thought I didn't know an author could DO that on the page!" So it goes with Flannery O'Connor, widely regarded as one of the all-time finest writers of short stories and Southern fiction. I encountered this specific groundbreaking collection, highly regarded even today for its originality, as a high school junior, and was by turns captivated and repulsed by its shocking, reverential, almost mythical, and often grotesque content. I can still remember reading my first O'Connor story in English class: we dove straight into the deep end with "A Good Man is Hard to Find." A jarring introduction to be sure, but it made me want to come back for more.

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About the Book

ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

“In these stories the rural South is, for the first time, viewed by a writer who orthodoxy matches her talent. The results are revolutionary.”—The New York Times Book Review

In 1955, with this short story collection, 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, grotesque 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.

With these classic stories—including “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” “Good Country People,” “The Displaced Person,” and seven other acclaimed tales—O’Connor earned a permanent place in the hearts of American readers.