{"product_id":"the-violent-bear-it-away-9780374530877","title":"The Violent Bear It Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, innovative novel, acutely alert to where the sacred lives--and where it does not\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1960, \u003ci\u003eThe Violent Bear It Away \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark in American literature--a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Connor's work.\u003cbr\u003e In this, O'Connor's second novel, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle that Tarwater will become a prophet and baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensues, as 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 relative and lay claim to Bishop's soul. All this is observed by O'Connor with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Connor, Flannery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374530877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 6.64w x 0.71d","brand":"Flannery O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39539331039307,"sku":"9780374530877","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_779c143a-74f3-4b7c-93f6-1bfcdf472ed7.jpg?v=1633441250","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-violent-bear-it-away-9780374530877","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}