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Winner of the National Book Award
The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short lifetime--Everything That Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
O'Connor published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, "Judgement Day"--sent to her publisher shortly before her death—is a brilliantly rewritten and transfigured version of "The Geranium." Taken together, these stories reveal a lively, penetrating talent that has given us some of the most powerful and disturbing fiction of the twentieth century. Also included is an introduction by O'Connor's longtime editor and friend, Robert Giroux.
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Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. When she died at the age of thirty-nine, America lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated First printing. Introduction by Robert Giroux. 8vo. Olive green cloth, with gilt spine lettering, pale red top-stain, and red end papers. 555 pages, with Notes at end. No names or marks. The peacock illustrated dust-jacket (with "$10.00" price intact]), designed by Charles Skaggs, is toned at spine and edges, and has slight wear at spine ends and corners. From the collection of film director and producer Glenn Jordan. In 1976, Jordan directed the film version of O'Connor's story "The Displaced Person", from a screenplay by Horton Foote, on location at Andalusia Farm, the O'Connor farm near Milledgeville, Georgia. The film, which starred Irene Worth and John Houseman, was first shown on PBS in 1976, as part of The American Short Story series. During the filming, Jordan become friends with Regina Cline O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor's mother. After Jordan returned to California when the shooting ended, Regina sent him a one page, handwritten letter, thanking him for his thoughtfulness. Glenn Jordan's copy of THE COMPLETE STORIES is here offered together with (1) Regina Cline O'Connor's letter (with addressed, stamped envelope) to Glenn Jordan; (2) Jordan's handwritten note, in envelope, explaining his connection to the film and to Regina Cline O'Connor; and (3) a peacock feather from Andalusia Farm (referenced in Jordan's note). Seller Inventory # 7081