

The Violent Bear It Away
Author: Flannery O'Connor
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/26/2010
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Flannery O'Connor
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/26/2010
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
FLANNERY O’CONNOR (1925–1964) was born in Savannah, Georgia. She earned her MFA at the University of Iowa, but lived most of her life in the South, where she became an anomaly among post–World War II authors: a Roman Catholic woman whose stated purpose was to reveal the mystery of God’s grace in everyday life. Her work—novels, short stories, letters, and criticism—received a number of awards, including the National Book Award.
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