First published in 1955, "The Violent Bear It Away" is now a
landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example
of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are
united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis
Marion Tarwater and his cousins, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the
prophecy of their dead uncle--that Tarwater will become a prophet
and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles
ensues: Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith
and the voices calling him to be a prophet while Rayber tries to
draw Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle
with the legacy of their dead relatives and lay claim to Bishop's
soul.
O'Connor observes all this with an astonishing combination of irony
and compassion, humor and pathos. The result is a novel whose range
and depth reveal a brilliant and innovative writers acutely alert
to where the sacred lives and to where it does not.
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