 First edition cover | |
| Author | Flannery O'Connor |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Southern Gothic |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | November 8, 1971 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 556 |
| ISBN | 0-374-12752-2 |
| OCLC | 239478 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.O183 Co PS3565.C57 |
The Complete Stories is a collection of short stories by Flannery O'Connor. It was published in 1971 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It comprises all the stories in A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge plus several previously unavailable stories.
Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[1] Internet visitors named it the "Best of the National Book Awards"[2] as part of the Fiction Award's 60th anniversary celebration in 2009, voting on a ballot of the best six award winners selected by writers associated with the Foundation.[3]
Contents
- "The Geranium"
- "The Barber"
- "Wildcat"
- "The Crop"
- "The Turkey"
- "The Train"
- "The Peeler"
- "The Heart of the Park"
- "A Stroke of Good Fortune"
- "Enoch and the Gorilla"
- "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
- "A Late Encounter with the Enemy"
- "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
- "The River"
- "A Circle in the Fire"
- "The Displaced Person"
- "A Temple of the Holy Ghost"
- "The Artificial Nigger"
- "Good Country People"
- "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead"
- "Greenleaf"
- "A View of the Woods"
- "The Enduring Chill"
- "The Comforts of Home"
- "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
- "The Partridge Festival"
- "The Lame Shall Enter First"
- "Why Do the Heathen Rage?"
- "Revelation"
- "Parker's Back"
- "Judgment Day"
References
- ↑
"National Book Awards – 1972". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
(With essays by Alice Elliott Dark and others (five) from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) - ↑ Alice Elliott Dark, et al. "1972". 60 Years of Honoring Great American Books (book-a-day blog) July 28, 2009 . National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ↑ "A Celebration of the 60th National Book Awards" (2009 online poll). National Book Foundation: Awards: Best of the NBAs Fiction. Retrieved before 2012-01-25.
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