A review by eaendter
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor

4.0

A bracing antidote to the syrupy sweetness of The Education of Little Tree. These stories are beautiful but beware all mothers and sons--most of you will die, sometimes painfully for your sins.

This is the first Flannery O'Connor I've read other than random anthologized stories. She captures the language and cadences of the Deep South so perfectly. There is no judgment, just clear eyed portraits of people who are tragically stuck in a culture that no longer is relevant or defensible.