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The Complete Stories Paperback - 1971
by Flannery O'Connor; Introduction by Robert Giroux
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Readers widely regard Flannery O’Connor’s collection as a landmark of Southern Gothic and Christian realism, praising its razor-sharp prose, unsettling humor, and devastating endings. Reviewers highlight the fearless anatomies of hypocrisy, racism, and self-regard, where characters are driven to brutal reckonings and flickers of grace. Many note that the work is dark, violent, and saturated with racial slurs, which some find alienating, and that reading the stories back-to-back can feel repetitive or uneven, with mid-career pieces often seen as the strongest. Despite reservations, the consensus frames the book as disturbing, morally incisive, and enduringly powerful.
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- Title The Complete Stories
- Author Flannery O'Connor; Introduction by Robert Giroux
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Publication date 1971-01-01
- ISBN 9780374515362 / 0374515360
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.45 x 1.4 in (20.83 x 13.84 x 3.56 cm)
- Reading level 890
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Southern States
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 79028107
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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