A Good Man is Hard to Find: A family strikes out on a road trip to Florida, knowing that an escaped convict is on the loose...What a kick ass tale to open the collection. Flannery O'Connor had to be an influence of sorts on Jim Thompson, as this reads a lot like a condensed version of one of his sto...
Short story collections are always a little tricky. I've read some good collections with many great stories that took my breath away, but not without having to muddle through other stories that barely kept my attention. I thought turning to one of the masters of the short form might help (and perhap...
I only read A Good Man Is Hard To Find for my lit class, but i wasn't expecting much but what i got was a sad tale about a family vacation gone wrong and when i finished it all i could say was "God that was depressing"
Wicked and weird. If you have some kind of religious handup, then this collection might either annoy or fascinate you. Basically, O'Connor loves to write about selfish people. And selfish people tend to get punished, but the part that makes this all work is O'Connor's DARK sense of humor. Check out ...
I don't aspire to write fiction. Knowing one's limitations is a gift. But oh, if I could only write short stories like Flannery. She shows you scenes so real it feels like voyeurism, and some so unsettling that you'll be glad it's fiction. These characters do not work and play well with others! The ...
There is no writer like Flannery O'Connor. Her stories meander through mundane situations usually with characters who are not necessarily on the safe side of normal. It is only after you finish that you feel that discomforting feeling that you just read something that is overpowering your senses. In...
Flannery O'Connor was the best American short story author of the past century and A Good Man is her finest collection. Her stories of faith and violence in the Deep South are as artistic as those of Eudora Welty but as powerful as a punch in the stomach.
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