"First and foremost was her faith, then came literature..."

October 15, 2014 4:05 PM

Flannery O'Connor's Kiss of Death: Tracking down O’Connor’s Danish inspiration.

Related: Emory Receives Archive of Work by O’Connor. [New York Times]

posted by Fizz (7 comments total)

Un-related: This is my 500th post on metafilter. Thank you for always being interesting.
posted by Fizz at 4:06 PM on October 15, 2014 [2 favorites]

I am a deacon in the Holy Church of Christ Without Christ...
posted by jim in austin at 5:12 PM on October 15, 2014

#thiscouldbeusbutyouplayin
posted by pxe2000 at 5:36 PM on October 15, 2014 [1 favorite]

Very interesting, thank you Fizz. As Langkjær notes, the story is reminscent of Good Country People. and maybe even The Life You Save May Be Your Own.
posted by stinkfoot at 8:22 PM on October 15, 2014

I am a deacon in the Holy Church of Christ Without Christ...

jim in austin, where in the world did that come from?

I mean, I did a Google search; I know where it came from. I'm just not sure how it connects to this post.
posted by Poppa Bear at 9:22 PM on October 15, 2014

Poppa Bear: The church that Hazel Motes founds in Wise Blood is "The Holy Church of Christ Without Christ".
posted by pxe2000 at 9:12 AM on October 16, 2014 [2 favorites]

Yeah her life was a struggle, but who could doubt that she was wicked funny. Until the like last page, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is damn funny. I think my students think I"m slightly insane for loving it so much.
posted by angrycat at 1:54 PM on October 16, 2014