Saturday, February 25, 2017

March 31, 2017—"A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories" by Flannery O'Connor


Next meeting is March 31, 2017. We will be discussing the book A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor.

Meeting Information:
Location: Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Small Meeting Room
Address: 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
Date: March 31, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories is a collection of short stories first published in 1955. The subjects of the short stories range from baptism ("The River") to serial killers ("A Good Man Is Hard to Find") to human greed and exploitation ("The Life You Save May Be Your Own"). The majority of the stories include jarring violent scenes that make the characters undergo a spiritual change. The short stories commonly have tones of Catholicism related to life and death scenarios.

4 comments:

Clif Hostetler said...

Below is list of titles (with links) of the short stories contained in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories":
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The River
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
A Stroke of Good Fortune
A Temple of the Holy Ghost
The Artificial Nigger
A Circle in the Fire
A Late Encounter with the Enemy
Good Country People
The Displaced Person

Clif Hostetler said...

Here's a link to my review of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories" by Flannery O'Connor:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1943776609

Clif Hostetler said...

Here's a link to an article that describes a recent documentary about O'Connor:
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/flannery-oconnor-finally-gets-documentary

Clif Hostetler said...

Fourteen were present for our meeting on March 31, 2017:
Greg Brown
Bernard Norcott/Mahany
David Bluford
June Seat
Leroy Seat
Bo Smith
Rex Nowland
Judy Covell
Marilyn Whitlock
Michelle Whitlock
Mary Cutting
Don Pepper
Charlie Kline
Clif Hostetler