Download The Violent Bear It Away AudioBook Free
First printed in 1960, The Violent Keep It Away is currently a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing exemplory case of the gothic sensibility and bracing satirical tone that are united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousin, Rayber, defy the prophecy of these lifeless uncle - that Tarwater can be a prophet and can baptize Rayber's young kid, Bishop. A series of problems ensue, as Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate beliefs and the voices calling him to be a prophet, while Rayber tries to attract Tarwater into a far more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of these dead relatives and lay state to Bishop's spirit. O'Connor observes all of this with an amazing combination of irony and compassion, laughter and pathos. The result is a book whose range and depth reveal an excellent and innovative copy writer acutely alert to where in fact the sacred lives and where it does not.
