The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award"I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous, both...
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award"I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous, both modest and very sure of herself, intense, sharply penetrating, devout but never pietistic, downright, occasionally fierce, and honest in a way that restores honor to the word."—Sally Fitzgerald, from the Introduction
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374521042 (0374521042)
ASIN: 374521042
Publish date: August 1st 1988
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 624
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Language,
Literature,
American,
Religion,
Christianity,
Southern,
Catholic
I have been taught by those older and wiser that I should continually educate myself towards an understanding and appreciation of excellence. This means that my personal preference is what I like without trying, and what is excellent is sometimes what I must learn to like. So, reading is like food...
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