A family sets out on a road trip in the American South. . Flannery O'Connor's famous fifties story evokes heat and dust, family and feuding, God and grace - and is utterly uncompromising in its brutality. von O'Connor, Flannery

The Complete Stories

A brilliant, innovative novel, acutely alert to where the sacred lives-and where it does notFirst published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Away is a landmark in American literature-a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and...

Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's first novel, is the story of Hazel Motes who, released from the armed services, returns to the evangelical Deep South. von O'Connor, Flannery

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...

Keiner Menschenseele kann man noch trauen von O'Connor, Flannery

The American short story master Flannery O'Connor's haunting first novel of faith, false prophets, and redemptive wisdom. Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentieth-century literature....

On receiving an early copy, Evelyn Waugh remarked 'If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady, they are indeed remarkable. 'She's horrifyingly funny . Her stories - her intelligence and passion - can restore reason to minds...

Flannery O'Connor was working on Everything That Rises Must Converge at the time of her death. This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers:...

O'Connor's haunting and classic first novel gives listeners one of the most riveting characters in American fiction: Hazel Motes, a 22-year-old caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate faith, who falls under the spell...

The Violent Bear It Away von O'Connor, Flannery