A Good Man is Hard to Find: Faber Modern Classics - Softcover

O'Connor, Flannery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571322859 ISBN 13: 9780571322855

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2016

Synopsis

These ten classic stories are masterful depictions of the underside of life, deep in the American South. 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 . . . It's that cool, removed style combined with very black stories.' Donna Tartt

'No one has written better about the reality of evil. Few have written as well, with such sharp-edged compassion, about the weaknesses and follies of humanity, about the operation of grace in our lives and about the necessity of humility. Her stories - her intelligence and passion - can restore reason to minds unhinged by our fame-obsessed, technology-obsessed culture.' Dean Koontz, New York Times

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Review:

You can't mention southern gothic without a nod to Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964). "Anything that comes out of the south is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader," O'Connor said. "Unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic." This reissue of a collection of her short stories, first published in 1955, shows you what she means. -- Fiona Wilson, The Times Books of the Year

Book Description:

A wonderful collection of dark, humorous stories, now in a Faber Modern Classics edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0571322859
• ISBN 13: 9780571322855
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208