Focused on the story of hazel motes, a twentytwoyearold caught in an unending struggle against his innate, desperate fate, this tale of redemption, retribution, false prophets, blindness, blindings, and wisdoms gives us one of the most riveting characters in twentiethcentury american fiction. If you want to get all of oconnors fiction and a good chunk of her nonfiction, this has what you need and then some. There he begins a private battle against the religiosity of the community and in particular against asa hawkes, the blind preacher, and his degenerate fifteenyearold daughter. Oconnor, flannery mary flannery 19251964 date of first publication. There he begins a private battle against the religiosity of the community and in particular against asa hawkes, the.
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