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Flannery O’Connor’s stories show rural life in the American South. People seek salvation, or a way to save their souls. Their search meets cruelty, care for others, and human folly. These Southern Gothic tales blend dark humor and fear. Signs of faith shape this world. So do visions of the end times.

O’Connor finds humor in the gap between narrow views and wider truths. Her characters see just part of the world they share. They grasp only part of its spiritual life, too. The tales also show how the region earns its living. They take up issues that divide its people.

“Dezradacinatul” deals with the Holocaust. “Negrul artificial” explores racial integration, or bringing races together. “Un Templu al Sfantului Duh” deals with intersexuality.

This edition is volume 208 in the Carte pentru toti series.