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Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's first novel, is the story of Hazel Motes who, released from the armed services, returns to the evangelical Deep South. There he begins a private battle against the religiosity of the community and in particular against Asa Hawkes, the 'blind' preacher, and his degenerate fifteen-year-old daughter. In desperation Hazel founds his own religion, 'The Church without Christ', and this extraordinary narrative moves towards its savage and macabre resolution. 'A literary talent that has about it the uniqueness of greatness.' Sunday Telegraph'No other major American writer of our century has constructed a fictional world so energetically and forthrightly charged by religious investigation.' The New Yorker'A genius.' New York Times

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Entre enero de 1946 y septiembre de 1947, Flannery O'Connor escribió un diario que contenía una serie de cartas dirigidas a Dios. Comenzó con él cuando aún no había cumplido los veintiún años, al poco de salir de su Savannah natal e instalarse en Iowa City para realizar sus estudios. Consciente de que estaba haciendo una cosa inaudita, cuando lo terminó era evidente que la escritura del diario había supuesto un cambio en su vida.El ambiente cultural y creativo que Flannery encontró en Iowa puso a prueba su saber y su creer. Algunos de sus colegas hablaban de la irracionalidad de la fe, y ella quería saber, desafiada por los que no creían, si increpaba a Dios para estar tranquila.Este cuaderno, aunque incompleto, es el testimonio de quien toma en serio estas objeciones y se dirige a Dios como interlocutor. Flannery O'Connor no elude la contradicción ni consigo misma, ni con la cultura de su época, ni con Dios. De hecho, la batalla que comienza en estas páginas es la misma que de

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Flannery O?Connor figura entre los escritores norteamericanos más importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo xx, y es famosa por cuentos como La buena gente del campo o la novela Sangre sabia. Menos conocida es su carrera como viñetista, desarrollada a principios de los años cuarenta, cuando su obra apareció en las publicaciones de su instituto y universidad.Muchas de sus viñetas satirizan la vida estudiantil y el impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Estados Unidos. Trabajó tanto a pluma y tinta como con linograbados, y su técnica, combinada con sus comentarios mordaces, constituye un antecedente visual de una prosa célebre por su humor y ferocidad.Comenzamos nuestra colección Nørdicacómic con Flannery O?Connor: Tiras cómicas, compilación de todas sus viñetas. Este volumen también incluye una introducción del grabador e ilustrador Barry Moser, y una perspectiva general, histórica y analítica de la intersección artística entre su literatura y sus viñetas a cargo de Kelly Geral

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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. A family sets out on a road trip in the American South. The grandmother suggests they change course in order to avoid "The Misfit", an escaped convict who's reportedly heading towards Florida. But when their car turns over in a ditch, who should they flag down for help but the very man whose picture they recognise from the paper . . .Flannery O'Connor's famous fifties story evokes heat and dust, family and feuding, God and grace - and is utterly uncompromising in its brutality.Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.

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La narrativa resulta de dos cualidades. Una es el sentido del misterio; la otra, el sentido de las maneras. Flannery O`Connor muestra en estas páginas, frescas y brillantes, el significado profundo de la literatura, la intersección entre lo cotidiano -maneras- y el sentido último de la realidad -el misterio-. La genial autora norteamericana dejó al final de su corta vida varios ensayos sin publicar y una serie de artículos diseminados en varias revistas. Estos textos, seleccionados y editados por sus amigos de toda la vida Sally y Robert Fitzgerald bajo el título Misterio y maneras, se caracterizan por el estilo directo y simple de su autora, su inusual ingenio y perspicacia, y su profunda fe. Sin duda alguna, es un libro especial que el paso de los años -la primera edición es de 1969-, lejos de hacerlo extraño, confirma su actualidad.Esta colección ya clásica de ensayos, editados por primera vez en español, es un referente obligado para lectores, escritores y amantes de la l

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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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'A rich, deep moral view of fiction and life: the lessons from this book were essential to my development as an artist.' Brandon TaylorAt her death in 1964, O'Connor left behind a body of unpublished essays and lectures as well as a number of critical articles that had appeared in scattered publications during her too-short lifetime. The keen writings comprising Mystery and Manners, selected and edited by O'Connor's lifelong friends Sally and Robert Fitzgerald, are characterized by the directness and simplicity of the author's style, a fine-tuned wit, understated perspicacity, and profound faith.The book opens with "The King of the Birds," her famous account of raising peacocks at her home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Also included are: three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Essays such as "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" and "Writing Short Stories" are widely seen as gems.This bold and brilliant essay-collection is a must for all readers, writers, and students of modern American literature.

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This is the complete collection of stories from one of the most original and powerful American writers of the twentieth century. Including A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, this collection also contains several stories only available in this volume.

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