When she died at the age of thirtynine, america lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers. As with most of her stories, very reflective of her personal life and one that stays with the reader. Oconnor, flannery, authors, american 20th century biography, milledgeville ga. Kilcourses flannery oconnor s religious imagination paulist. I am developing quite an addiction for the southern flavor of american literature, and reading my first short story collection by flannery oconnor is more than just adding fuel to the flame of my interest. Read the complete stories by flannery o connor available from rakuten kobo. Flannery oconnor 19251964 ranks among the foremost writers of fiction in american literature. Flannery oconnor project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Because of the lupus that killed her at 36, flannery lived most. Read you cant be any poorer than dead by flannery oconnor online, read in mobile or kindle.
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