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The Violent Bear It Away

Flannery O'Connor

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

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Original Title:	The Violent Bear It Away
ISBN:	0374505241 (ISBN13: 9780374505240)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Francis Marion Tarwater, Mason Tarwater, George F. Rayber, Bishop Rayber, Buford Munson
Literary Awards:	National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1961)

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First published in 1960, 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 and lay claim to Bishop's soul.

O'Connor observes all this with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos, resulting in a novel where range and depth reveal a brilliant and innovative writers acutely alert to where the sacred lives and to where it does not.

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Title	:	The Violent Bear It Away
Author	:	Flannery O'Connor
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1960 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Gothic. Southern Gothic. Literature. Novels. American. Southern

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Violence to Youth of Southern-Fried Fundamentalism I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it's most certainly Christ-haunted.F. O'ConnorIf you were raised in the rural South or spent summers there with someone in a WASP family, perhaps you suffer the occasional nightmare, as do I from one summer staying with a cousin and being dragged a few times to a hyper-fundamentalist church, due to the trauma left by hellfire/brimstone sermons at an impressionable age (7

Francis Marion Tarwater buries his great uncle (figuratively) and heads to civilization to meet his uncle, the school teacher Rayber. Before his great uncle passed, he decreed that if he didn't baptize Rayber's son Bishop, Francis would. Can Rayber and the younger Tarwater fight destiny and break the elder Tarwater's hold on Francis from beyond the grave?Flannery O'Connor sure was an upbeat person when it came to religion, wasn't she? The Violent Bear It Away is a tale of how one man's obsession

I read this in one go, sitting up late in bed. I thinking I was shaking when I finished it. I've only (voluntarily) stayed up late reading something for a class a few times, and I think they were all for this same course. I can't remember the professor's name and don't think she got tenure, but man was she good at picking books.

A fairly thick slice of Southern Gothic packed with symbolism and religious imagery. The title is taken from the Bible: Matthew 11:12. From the Douay Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate and commonly used in Catholic churches:From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.There are a limited numbers of characters and all of the main ones are male. There are spoilers ahead, necessary to discuss the novel effectively.

I grew up in the Bible Belt, the "Christ-haunted" south...and I agree with some others here that FOC makes the religious zealots burn off the page, and the non-believers (or those fighting not to believe)are depicted as empty husks.It is a strange perspective to be a passionate Catholic (as FOC was) in the Bible Belt. Schizoid, Gothic, and occasionally beautiful are words that come to mind for the reactions of young tender minds brought up "in Jesus" in the South. (While I was surrounded by

Sometimes, verbs can be so inadequate. I really can't say that I "liked" The Violent Bear It Away A Novel by Flannery O'Connor. On the other hand, I can't say I "didn't like" it either. Maybe what I can say is that this book "moved" me, but in a negative way. Maybe the verb I want is "disturbed". Now, I do like reading books that make me feel something strongly, even if if that feeling is negative. This definite falls into that category.I do have to say that I'm very, very glad that I have read

This little book very nearly blew me away. I say very nearly, because there's one incident right near the end that both upset my own sensibilities - but more than that, I've been mulling it over, and I can't for the life of me figure out what it adds. Except for that, though, this is an astounding look at obsessive faith - in religion, in rationality. Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement. You can read why I came to this decision