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A review by elijahcuba
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor
5.0
The poet is traditionally a blind man, but the Christian poet, and storyteller as well, is like the blind man whom Christ touched, who looked then and saw men as if they were trees, but walking. This is the beginning of a vision, and it is an invitation to deeper and stranger visions that we shall have to learn to accept if we want to realize a truly Christian literature.
A fascinating collection of essays on my favorite convergence of subjects, religion and art. For me, O'Connor has the striking similarity to C.S. Lewis in how she somehow digs into me and reveals what I believe, illustrating it in fabulous prose. That is another way to say I feel overwhelmed and almost more mystified than when I started.
It's a must-read for writers, and readers (O'Connor gripes about both). I will definitely be reading it again to digest and process just exactly what she was saying. Even though so much of it was repetitive, like beating me over the head with a wooden tome, I couldn't seem to wrap my mind around the mysteries she was presenting.
O'Connor is also witty as heck.
A fascinating collection of essays on my favorite convergence of subjects, religion and art. For me, O'Connor has the striking similarity to C.S. Lewis in how she somehow digs into me and reveals what I believe, illustrating it in fabulous prose. That is another way to say I feel overwhelmed and almost more mystified than when I started.
It's a must-read for writers, and readers (O'Connor gripes about both). I will definitely be reading it again to digest and process just exactly what she was saying. Even though so much of it was repetitive, like beating me over the head with a wooden tome, I couldn't seem to wrap my mind around the mysteries she was presenting.
O'Connor is also witty as heck.