Zelanator reviewed The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor (Sunburst 13)
Review of 'The Complete Stories' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Outstanding collection of short stories by Flannery O'Connor. O'Connor was a southerner and wrote as a woman reflecting on the state of race relations in the South during the mid-twentieth century. Although some may find her use of black characters and the N-word offensive, she has a larger point of condemning Jim Crow in most of her stories. Each story imparts valuable lessons about Catholic love, grace, and redemption—often her main characters are redeemed or achieve sudden realizations too late.
Most of O'Connor's stories will challenge you reflect on your own character. Specifically, some of the best short stories deal with pride, self-righteousness, and Pharisaical Christian practice as the ultimate downfall of man and in ways reminiscent of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, O'Connor shows how the small, almost imperceptible sins are the very ones that undo a person in the end.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in Christian fiction …
Outstanding collection of short stories by Flannery O'Connor. O'Connor was a southerner and wrote as a woman reflecting on the state of race relations in the South during the mid-twentieth century. Although some may find her use of black characters and the N-word offensive, she has a larger point of condemning Jim Crow in most of her stories. Each story imparts valuable lessons about Catholic love, grace, and redemption—often her main characters are redeemed or achieve sudden realizations too late.
Most of O'Connor's stories will challenge you reflect on your own character. Specifically, some of the best short stories deal with pride, self-righteousness, and Pharisaical Christian practice as the ultimate downfall of man and in ways reminiscent of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, O'Connor shows how the small, almost imperceptible sins are the very ones that undo a person in the end.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in Christian fiction and philosophy of the 20th century.
