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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
I have just started reading O'Connor, and not having seen your suggestion, fantasyfan, I started with "The Genius" which was the first one on the list I had made. I loved it and can't wait to get back and read some more.
I'm all the more pleased as I have to confess that Dubliners, which I have just finished, didn't do anything at all for me, so I was hoping that I wouldn't have a similar experience with O'Connor. Clearly that isn't going to be the case.
Thanks so much for introducing me to a writer I hadn't ever come across, fantasyfan.
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I would agree with you about
Dubliners. They are often finely constructed, but --and I stress that this is only my opinion--Joyce seldom conveys the breadth of humanity, compassion, and insight that is present in O'Connor. But then the short form was not Joyce's best field, just as the novel was not where O'Connor shone.
Synamon wrote: My Oedipus Complex is the first story I read and it's cute and clever enough that I'll certainly be reading more of the stories. I have the larger collection from the library, so I'll have to jump around to find the nominated stories. If any of you enjoy specific ones, please recommend them in this thread.
"Uprooted" is another masterpiece! I just finished it and it is a wonderful, sensitive piece that works both as an allegory about the loss of traditional Irish Culture and at the same time as a deeply personal choice that focuses on a lost opportunity. It is so autumnal in such a melancholy way.