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The Violent Bear It Away

The Violent Bear It Away

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The Violent Bear It Away

by O'CONNOR, Flannery

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(London): Longmans, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. A couple of spots of foxing on the boards, else fine in price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. The author's second novel and the last of the three books that were to be published during her lifetime.

Synopsis

The Violent Bear It Away is a novel published in 1960 by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter of the novel was published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead," in the journal New World Writing, volume 8 in October 1955. It is the story of Francis Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape his destiny: the life of a prophet.

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Bookseller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
430466
Title
The Violent Bear It Away
Author
O'CONNOR, Flannery
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Longmans
Place of Publication
(London)
Date Published
1960
Keywords
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