The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1966 • The Noonday Press

The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK PRINTING [1966] THE NOONDAY PRESS 1st Noonday Printing / 1966. Vintage trade paperback in excellent condition.   Beautiful copy.   Clean, tight and square with some visible shelf and rub-wear to cover. Reads like new.  1961 Finalist for the National Book Award, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousins, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle--that Tarwater will become a prophet and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensues: Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relatives