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Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
by Flannery O'Connor, Robert Fitzgerald
This collection is fantastic. I love so many of these stories, these tales of generational disconnect, how dim hostility lies underneath, not-quite-hidden below many parent-child interactions, especially after the child enters adulthood. (I don't know if Flannery lived with her parents in her adulthood, or if her children did in theirs. I imagine that if so, it was not a happy time.) And the horrible situations people will blindly stroll into just to prove "I'm right. You're wrong. I will make you see that." There is so much that is unfairly true in these stories; Older generations refusal to see change, Young people who blithfully force the world to acknowledge their view with no empathy, the South's bittersweet disconnect with new culture ( not always presented terribly, mind you) and abject fear with the concept of "New York" ( which is absolutely real). My favorite story was "A View of The Woods", which, while not written such, is one of the best horror tales I've ever read, and a look at why exceptional people are often at odds with the world and people around them. (take notes, Ayn Rand) But all of the stories say real things about how we are to those that touch us, especially those who are closest.