The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it
Flannery O'Connor Quotes
There was a time when the average reader read a novel simply for the moral he could get out of it, and however naive that may have been, it was a good deal less naive than some of the limited objectives he has now.
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| Birth: | 25th March, 1925 |
| Death: | 3rd August, 1964 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
About
Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters. O'Connor's writing also reflected her own Roman Catholic faith, and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics.
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