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The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

by Flannery Oconnor

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ISBN13: 9780374521042
ISBN10: 0374521042
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"I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters," writes Sally Fitzgerald in her introduction to The Habit of Being. This extensive collection of letters provides an invaluable glimpse into O'Connor's world, beginning with her first query letter to her agent in 1948 and ending with her last note of 1964, left on her bedside table. The Habit of Being traces the development of an enigmatic human being and one of the finest Southern writers of the twentieth century.
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award "I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous, both modest and very sure of herself, intense, sharply penetrating, devout but never pietistic, downright, occasionally fierce, and honest in a way that restores honor to the word."--Sally Fitzgerald, from the Introduction

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Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. When she died at the age of thirty-nine, America lost one of its most gifted writers at the height of her powers.

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ISBN:
9780374521042
Subtitle:
Letters of Flannery O'Connor
Editor:
Fitzgerald, Sally
Author:
O'Connor, Flannery
Author:
Fitzgerald, Sally
Publisher:
Farrar Straus Giroux
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Authors
Subject:
Women authors, American
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Novelists, American
Subject:
Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Subject:
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Subject:
O'Connor, Flannery
Edition Number:
Paperback ed.
Edition Description:
First
Series Volume:
2
Publication Date:
August 1988
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
624
Dimensions:
9.06x6.10x1.66 in. 1.48 lbs.

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