The Complete Stories (O'Connor) explained

The Complete Stories
Author:	Flannery O'Connor
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Southern Gothic
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub Date:	November 8, 1971
Media Type:	Print
Pages:	556
Isbn:	0-374-12752-2
Dewey:	813/.5/4
Congress:	PZ4.O183 Co PS3565.C57
Oclc:	239478

The Complete Stories is a collection of short stories by Flannery O'Connor. It was published in 1971 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It comprises all the stories in A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge plus several previously unavailable stories.

Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.^[1] Internet visitors named it the "Best of the National Book Awards"^[2] as part of the Fiction Award's 60th anniversary celebration in 2009, voting on a ballot of the best six award winners selected by writers associated with the Foundation.^[3]

Contents

• "The Geranium"
• "The Barber"
• "Wildcat"
• "The Crop"
• "The Turkey"
• "The Train"
• "The Peeler"
• "The Heart of the Park"
• "A Stroke of Good Fortune"
• "Enoch and the Gorilla"
• "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
• "A Late Encounter with the Enemy"
• "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
• "The River"
• "A Circle in the Fire"
• "The Displaced Person"
• "A Temple of the Holy Ghost"
• "The Artificial Nigger"
• "Good Country People"
• "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead"
• "Greenleaf"
• "A View of the Woods"
• "The Enduring Chill"
• "The Comforts of Home"
• "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
• "The Partridge Festival"
• "The Lame Shall Enter First"
• "Why Do the Heathen Rage?"
• "Revelation"
• "Parker's Back"
• "Judgment Day"

Notes and References

1. https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1972 "National Book Awards – 1972"
2. Alice Elliott Dark, et al. "1972". 60 Years of Honoring Great American Books (book-a-day blog) July 28, 2009 . National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
3. http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_60thanniversary.html "A Celebration of the 60th National Book Awards"