{"product_id":"the-complete-stories-centennial-edition-9781250387455","title":"The Complete Stories: (Centennial Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlannery O'Connor's \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is the essential volume for admirers of this master of the short for--now with a foreword by Hilton Als.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these sly, laconic, and fiercely observed works, O'Connor does nothing less than elaborate a unique and new way of seeing the world. Contorting her sharply drawn characters through her Southern Gothic prism, she produces a panorama unequaled in its vision of the interplays of faith, evil, humor, violence, and compassion that embody American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese thirty-one chronologically ordered stories include twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--\u003ci\u003eEverything That Rises Must Converge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Good Man Is Hard to Find.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken together, these stories reveal O'Connor's abiding and visionary gift--one that has given us some of the most powerful and disturbing fiction of the twentieth century. Also included is an introduction by O'Connor's longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux. New to this centennial edition is an essay by the critic Hilton Als.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10382354\"\u003eFlannery O'Connor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250387455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250387450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC074000\"\u003eSouthern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlannery O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. When she died at the age of thirty-nine, America lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers. O'Connor wrote two novels, \u003ci\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e (1952) and \u003ci\u003eThe Violent Bear It Away\u003c\/i\u003e (1960), and two story collections, \u003ci\u003eA Good Man Is Hard to Find\u003c\/i\u003e (1955) and \u003ci\u003eEverything That Rises Must Converge\u003c\/i\u003e (1964). Her \u003ci\u003eComplete Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, published posthumously in 1972, won the National Book Award that year. Her essays were published in \u003ci\u003eMystery and Manners \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) and her letters in \u003ci\u003eThe Habit of Being\u003c\/i\u003e (1979). She lived most of her adult life on her family's ancestral farm, Andalusia, outside Milledgeville, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380254699659,"sku":"9781250387455","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_13002147-c5b8-41fb-936e-50711d1564e9.jpg?v=1760538973","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-complete-stories-centennial-edition-9781250387455","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}