内容简介
ThelibraryofAmericaisdedicatedtopublishingAmerica'sbestandmostsignificantwritinginhandsome,enduringvolumes,featuringauthoritativetexts.Hailedasthe"finest-looking,longest-lastingeditionsevermade"(TheNewRepublic),LibraryofAmericavolumesmakeafinegiftforanyoccasion.Now,withexactlyonehundredvolumestochoosefrom,thereisaperfectgiftforeveryone.FlanneryO'Connor,auniqueandimportantfigureintheSouthernliterarytradition,wasoneofthefinestwritersofthetwentiethcentury.Thisvolume,containinghertwonovels,shortstories,essaysandletters,istheonlycompletecollectionofherworks.
作者简介
FlanneryO’ConnorwasborninSavannah,Georgia,onMarch25,1925,andwasraisedasadevoutRomanCatholicinMilledgeville,Georgia.UpongraduationfromtheGraduateProgramoftheWomen’sCollegeofGeorgia,O’ConnorattendedthewritingprogramattheStateUniversityofIowa,receivingherMFAin1947.AmongthestrongestinfluencesonO’Connor’sworkwerethewritingsofWilliamFaulknerandNathanaelWest,fromwhomshederivedherconceptionofthegrotesqueinliterature.Followingthepublicationofnumerousshortstoriesinliteraryjournals,O’Connor’sfirstnovel,WiseBlood,waspublishedin1952.Sufferingfromahereditaryrheumaticailment,shespentthenexttwelveyearswritingatthefamilyfarminMilledgevilleunderthecareofhermother,Regina,andthestrictestmedicalsupervision.AGoodManisHardtoFind,acollectionofshortstories,waspublishedin1955,andanothernovel,TheViolentBearItAway,appearedin1960.Thoughseriouslyill,O’Connormadeanextensiveseriesoflecturetours,receivedanhonorarydegreefromSmithCollegein1963,andthatsameyear,wonfirstprizeintheannualO’Henryshortstoryawards(asshehadpreviouslydonein1956).AfterherdeathonAugust3,1964,anothercollectionofshortstories,EverythingThatRisesMustConverge,waspublished(1965),aswellasavolumeofunpublishedlecturesandessaysandvariouscriticalarticles,MysteryandManners(1969).弗兰纳里·奥康纳（MaryFlanneryO'Connor）（1925.3.25–1964.8.3），美国小说家、短篇小说作家和评论家，美国文学的重要代言人。奥康纳共著有两部长篇小说、32篇短片小说以及大量的书评和影评。奥康纳是个南方作家，她的作品具有南方哥特式风格，并十分依仗区域背景和怪诞字符。奥康纳的作品也反应了她的罗马天主教信仰，并经常审视有关道德和伦理方面的问题。奥康纳的《短篇小说全集》（CompleteStories）在她去世之后的1972年获得了美国国家图书奖，被网络读者誉为“史上最好的美国国家图书奖之一”。长篇小说《智血》（WiseBlood）长篇小说《暴力夺取》(TheViolentBearItAway)短篇小说集《好人难寻》（AGoodManIsHardtoFind,1955）短篇小说集《上升的一切必将汇合》（EverythingThatRisesMustConverge,1965）书信集《生存的习惯》（TheHabitOfBeing)
