Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor

Naissance March 25, 1925 · Décès August 3, 1964

Citations

“Mrs. May's bedroom window was low and faced on the east and the bull, silvered in the moonlight, stood under it, his head raised as if he listened-like some patient god come down to woo her-for a stir inside the room.”
beginning of the story "Greenleaf" in Everything That Rises Must Converge 1965En anglais
“Besides the neutral expression that she wore when she was alone, Mrs. Freeman had two others, forward and reverse, that she used for all her human dealings.”
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other StoriesEn anglais
“Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't write fiction. It isn't grand enough for you.”
"The Nature and Aim of Fiction"En anglais
“The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where the human perception begins. He appeals through the senses, and you cannot appeal through the senses with abstractions.”
"The Nature and Aim of Fiction"En anglais
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.”
from lettersEn anglais

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Les livres de Flannery O'Connor dans l'ordre

Les livres de Flannery O'Connor dans l'ordre de parution, de New World Writing (1952) à Misterium I Maniery (2020).

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