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Overview"A brilliant, innovative novel, acutely alert to where the sacred lives--and where it does not First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Away is a landmark in American literature--a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Connor's work. In this, O'Connor's second novel, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle that Tarwater will become a prophet and baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensues, as Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more ""reasonable"" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relative and lay claim to Bishop's soul. All this is observed by O'Connor with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Flannery O'ConnorPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Dimensions: Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.90cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9780374530877ISBN 10: 0374530874 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 12 June 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsI am sure her books will live on and on in American Literature --Elizabeth Bishop <br> There is very little contemporary fiction which touches the level of Flannery O'Connor at her best. --Alan Pryce-Jones, New York Herald Tribune <br> I am sure her books will live on and on in American Literature --<i>Elizabeth Bishop</i></p> There is very little contemporary fiction which touches the level of Flannery O'Connor at her best. --<i>Alan Pryce-Jones, New York Herald Tribune</i></p> Author InformationFlannery O'Connor (1925-1964) was one of America's most gifted writers. She wrote two novels, Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, and two story collections, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge. Her Complete Stories, published posthumously in 1972, won the National Book Award that year, and in a 2009 online poll it was voted as the best book to have won the award in the contest's 60-year history. Her essays were published in Mystery and Manners and her letters in The Habit of Being. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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