A review by leelulah
The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor

5.0

Something about reading this for Lent just fits, I guess. There were few tales that didn't get my attention as much, but these were mainly the ones belonging to Wise Blood. I get the feeling that maybe they make more sense in the context of the novel. I also had to read this with a companion because not being a native speaker of English, unaccostumed to Southern and Black speech and slang made things harder for me. All in all, beautiful, precise and poignant prose from start to finish, and the idea that she wrote with Romans 5,20 at hand every time. It reignites the want to write something, even if I won't be as good.