The Complete Stories

by O'Connor, Flannery

• ISBN13: 9780374515362
• ISBN10: 0374515360
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1971-01-01
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Summary

Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's 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 O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--Everything That Rises Must ConvergeandA Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's 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 O'Connor's longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux. Flannery O'Connorwas 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 O'Connor's 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 O'Connor put together in her short lifetimeEverything That Rises Must ConvergeandA Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's 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 O'Connor's 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

Author Biography

Flannery O'Connor was 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.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	vii
Robert Giroux
The Geranium	3	(12)
The Barber	15	(11)
Wildcat	26	(7)
The Crop	33	(9)
The Turkey	42	(12)
The Train	54	(9)
The Peeler	63	(18)
The Heart of the Park	81	(14)
A Stroke of Good Fortune	95	(13)
Enoch and the Gorilla	108	(9)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	117	(17)
A Late Encounter with the Enemy	134	(11)
The Life You Save May Be Your Own	145	(12)
The River	157	(18)
A Circle in the Fire	175	(19)
The Displaced Person	194	(42)
A Temple of the Holy Ghost	236	(13)
The Artificial Nigger	249	(22)
Good Country People	271	(21)
You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead	292	(19)
Greenleaf	311	(24)
A View of the Woods	335	(22)
The Enduring Chill	357	(26)
The Comforts of Home	383	(22)
Everything That Rises Must Converge	405	(16)
The Partridge Festival	421	(24)
The Lame Shall Enter First	445	(38)
Why Do the Heathen Rage?	483	(5)
Revelation	488	(22)
Parker's Back	510	(21)
Judgement Day	531	(20)
NOTES	551