The Violent Bear It Away

Synopsis

A brilliant, innovative novel, acutely alert to where the sacred lives―and where it does notfirst published in 1960, the violent bear it away is a landmark in american literature―a dark and absorbing example of the gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in flannery o'connor's work. In this, o'connor's second novel, the orphaned francis marion tarwater and his cousin, the schoolteacher rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle that tarwater will become a prophet and baptize rayber's young son, bishop.