Good People Are Hard to Find

Good People Are Hard to Find includes ten stories by Flannery O'Connor, one of the most interesting names of twentieth-century American literature and who produced successful works within the movement called "southern gothic". In these stories, where an eerie atmosphere prevails, the unpleasant but real aspects of human nature are revealed. Many of O'Connor's characters are too disturbing to sympathize with, but that's exactly what makes them interesting. Here we are talking about characters who strongly resist being classified as good or bad; It is not easy to predict which side will weigh heavily on the moral scale. Because O'Connor, who welcomes the reader into the world of selfishness, hypocrisy, ignorance and even evil done just for pleasure, destroys familiar clichés on ambivalent issues such as morality, religiosity, good and evil, and displays an almost unsettling and astonishing objectivity. This grotesque world full of grotesque characters promises a satisfying read for literature lovers who are not afraid to confront "darkness".

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: He was born in 1925 in Georgia, USA. He died in 1964 as a result of lupus tuberculosis. The stories he wrote during the thirteen years he struggled with his illness were collected in two books. The first of these, It's Hard to Find Good People, was published in 1955, while the other (Everything That Rises Must Converge) was published in 1965 after his death. Apart from his short stories, he also wrote two novels titled Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960).



Number of Pages: 256

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

First Print Year: 2009

Number of Pages: 256

Language Turkish