A working knowledge of the devil can be very well had from resisting him.

— Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964), Schriftstellerin

Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor (1979)

Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Discipleship, Wisdom & Understanding

Flannery O'Connor

Mary Flannery O’Connor war eine katholische US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin, die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts in Georgia wirkte. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihre dem „Southern Gothic“ zugerechneten Kurzgeschichten und Romane, in denen sie mit grotesken Figuren und dramatischen Wendungen das radikale Einbrechen göttlicher Gnade in eine gefallene Welt darstellte. Für Bibellesende bietet ihr Werk eine scharfkantige Auseinandersetzung mit Sünde und Erlösung jenseits frommer Sentimentalität, während rassistische Äußerungen in ihren privaten Briefen heute Gegenstand kritischer Diskussionen sind.

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