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I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't this.
The characters in a Flannery O'Connor story are about as far from politically correct as you can get. The characters in her stories point out the perceived flaws and failings of every person they meet or know. And every person they meet or know has numerous flaws and failings - handicaps, limitations, problems with race or gender or ethnicity. And to make it even more uncomfortable, the characters rest in the certainty of the validity of thei ...more
The characters in a Flannery O'Connor story are about as far from politically correct as you can get. The characters in her stories point out the perceived flaws and failings of every person they meet or know. And every person they meet or know has numerous flaws and failings - handicaps, limitations, problems with race or gender or ethnicity. And to make it even more uncomfortable, the characters rest in the certainty of the validity of thei ...more
"Them the stories" are positively macabre. This collection is sick like Catholic murder would be. O'Connor is Fellini of the writings (if you saw "Nights of Cabiria" and got both sad and angered at it, you know what I mean).
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Oct 27, 2013
Edel
marked it as to-read
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Theresa Wright
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