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To: C19fan
9. The complete stories of Flannery O'Connor

I'm very surprised - but delighted - that this made the list.

She was a very devout Christian, and all her stories reflect this -- in a shocking, sometimes visceral way.

My favorite is "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

It is truly one of the most shocking short stories I have ever read in my life. She was a brilliant, original artist, and a true Southern lady.

45 posted on 01/31/2012 9:08:52 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Flycatcher

>>It is truly one of the most shocking short stories I have ever read in my life. She was a brilliant, original artist, and a true Southern lady.

And she loved her peacocks.

I loved “Good Country People” but all of her stories show the contradictory nature of human beings.

Eudora Welty was a great author as well. I loved “Ponder Heart,” “Delta Wedding,” and “The Optimist’s Daughter.”


47 posted on 01/31/2012 9:12:02 AM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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“She would have been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.”


61 posted on 01/31/2012 9:20:35 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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