{"product_id":"mystery-manners","title":"Mystery \u0026 Manners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A rich, deep moral view of fiction and life: the lessons from this book were essential to my development as an artist.''\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt her death in 1964, O''Connor left behind a body of unpublished essays  and lectures as well as a number of critical articles that had appeared  in scattered publications during her too-short lifetime. The keen  writings comprising \u003ci\u003eMystery and Manners\u003c\/i\u003e, selected and edited by  O''Connor''s lifelong friends Sally and Robert Fitzgerald, are  characterized by the directness and simplicity of the author''s style, a  fine-tuned wit, understated perspicacity, and profound faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe  book opens with \"The King of the Birds,\" her famous account of raising  peacocks at her home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Also included are: three  essays on regional writing, including \"The Fiction Writer and His  Country\" and \"Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction\"; two  pieces on teaching literature, including \"Total Effect and the 8th  Grade\"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including  \"The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South.\" Essays such as \"The Nature  and Aim of Fiction\" and \"Writing Short Stories\" are widely seen as  gems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bold and brilliant essay-collection is a must for all readers, writers, and students of modern American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308332425598,"sku":"NW9780571309597","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571309597.jpg?v=1778653984","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/mystery-manners","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}