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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
re-read this for class. flannery o'connor is still one of the all-time greats. yes i am logging short stories now to help me towards my goodreads goal. do not judge me.
I feel like I should clarify that it was only the story “Everything That Rises Must Converge” that I read and not the whole collection
a bunch of good stories about people saying the n word then dying
Questo libro mi ha sorpreso positivamente. Non c'è niente di speciale nella trama delle storie, eppure l'autrice riesce a infonderci quel qualcosa che le rende incredibilmente interessanti. La prosa è accattivante, e non ti permette di staccarti dalle pagine.
Fantastico
4,5/5 stelle
Fantastico
4,5/5 stelle
flannery o'connor's stories are bold, bright, simple, grotesque, and immersive. there's something endlessly appealing about her straightforward prose and her uncanny ability to create three dimensional characters in just a few short sentences. her portrait of the south and of humanity in general is fascinating.
I'm in an abusive relationship with flannery. I read everything she writes and in turn she convinces me we're all monsters. I regret nothing.
The fiction writer presents mystery thorugh manners, grace through nature, but when he finishes, these always has to be left over that sense of Mystery which cannot be accounted for by any human formula. --Flannery O'Connor
Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge. --Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
This collection consist of nine stories--the final stories of Flannery O'Connor--and they are united by an examination of the forces which allow people to climb the summit referred to in the quote by Chardin above as well as character flaws which prevent people from ascending. The stories are well-written, at times funny, at times dark and at times humorously terrifying. Some stories are, truth be told, better than others. "The Lame Shall Enter First" is too heavy-handed and it's placement in the middle of this collection highlights its shortcomings.
O'Connor crafts these stories carefully, deliberately parsing them until all that remains are characters reacting within a confined setting. These aren't just "Southern stories"; these are universal glimpses of how the universe may actually work.
Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who, from every direction, have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge. --Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
This collection consist of nine stories--the final stories of Flannery O'Connor--and they are united by an examination of the forces which allow people to climb the summit referred to in the quote by Chardin above as well as character flaws which prevent people from ascending. The stories are well-written, at times funny, at times dark and at times humorously terrifying. Some stories are, truth be told, better than others. "The Lame Shall Enter First" is too heavy-handed and it's placement in the middle of this collection highlights its shortcomings.
O'Connor crafts these stories carefully, deliberately parsing them until all that remains are characters reacting within a confined setting. These aren't just "Southern stories"; these are universal glimpses of how the universe may actually work.
God it is so good. Why they don't make every highschool student read the whole thing is beyond me. More poignant than ever. Every story a winner. Just beautiful story after beautiful story about who we are, who we tell ourselves we are, and the thin but somehow infinite crack between those two things that exists for the timid majority.
O'Connor writes about the real South, at a time when the very highest and the very lowest was extracted from its citizens. To me, that is the real meaning of the title of the stories. With writing a haunting and harrowing as this, a mere review will not suffice. She must be read.