by Flannery Oconnor
appears in Fiction.
This now classic book revealed Flannery O'Connor as one of the most original and provocative writers to emerge from the South. Her apocalyptic vision of life is expressed through grotesque, often comic situations in which the principal character faces a problem of salvation: the grandmother, in the title story, confronting the murderous Misfit; a n...
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Consider Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Recommended by 6 sources.
“Starts intimate and character-focused, tracking Ifemelu’s sharp, observational voice and Obinze’s quieter arc across two continents. The most useful parts are the scenes that dramatize how race, class, and longing reshape identity—especially Ifemelu’s American encounters and her blog-style interludes that name feeling with plain language. Limitations: the timeline jumps and long social digressions slow momentum, and readers looking for plot-driven pace or fewer sociopolitical reflections will find stretches that read more like argument than narrative.”
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