Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Kirkus US Review In her first novel - Wise Blood and in a collection of short stories - A Good Man is Hard to Find Flannery OConnor manifested, along with her obvious talent, a penchant for the grotesque. If one wishes, this novel - an exercise in the macabre - can be read as an allegory: a struggle for a soul, a conflict between evils. When his great uncle died at the breakfast table Francis Marion Tarwater, 14, too drunk to bury him, fired his house and set out for the city to find out how much of what the old man had told him was true. The old man, who said he was a prophet, had kidnapped the boy from his uncle, baptized him, and raised Tarwater to expect the Lords call himself. Rayber, Tarwaters uncle, a schoolteacher, had, himself, received the old mans indelible mark but he had repudiated his fate and married a woman from the Department of Welfare, twice his age. They had one child: an idiot. When Tarwater met the schoolteachers dim and ancient idiot. When Tarwater met the schoolteachers dim and ancient idiot child, Bishop, he knew that he was expected to baptize him - to carry on his great uncles mission. The battle begins: between the schoolteachers belief in nothing and the old mans fanaticism. Finally Tarwater succumbs to the tide of his heritage, baptizes and drowns Bishop and goes forth to the dark city "where the children of God lay sleeping". As a specialist in southern horror stories Miss OConnors attitude has been wry, her preferences perverse, her audience special. (Kirkus Reviews) Details ISBN0571116132 Author Flannery OConnor Pages 256 Year 1980 ISBN-10 0571116132 ISBN-13 9780571116133 Format Paperback Publication Date 1980-09-22 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Publisher Faber & Faber Imprint Faber & Faber UK Release Date 1980-09-22 AU Release Date 1980-09-22 NZ Release Date 1980-09-22 Edition Description Main Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:123566064;
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