Not our O'Connor, the other one & a dearth of Christianity
Josh Feldmeth (sportcarrier@earthlink.net)
Tue, 08 Jul 1997 16:40:50 -0700
Will: (swiping pie off my face) I can't believe I muffed that. Of
course its AGMIHRF. That is also the title of her definitive colletion
of several short stories. Short story paragon yes, but don't forget her
great novels, "The Violent Bare it Away" "Wiseblood" and "Everything the
Rises Must Converge". It is somewhat of a surprise that her name is not
mentioned on this list more because she does rival JDS' short story
acumen. But on second thought maybe its not very suprising because her
subjects are typically Christian in orientation and from experience,
that's not a subject that churns the bananafish butter.
Seguay JDS: What about religion? I can't remember many JDS characters
(Glass, Caulfied et al) refering to denominational or traditional
American religions with anything but the most passing of interests.
Any thoughts?
WILL HOCHMAN wrote:
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> Josh, do you mean the character in "A Good Man is Hard to Find"? Although
> O'Connor's stories are very different than salinger's, i think they are
> both among the very best american short story writers! will
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