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In a good hard look, ann napolitano creates a fictional version of the life of the. Napolitano received an mfa from new york university, and she has taught fiction writing for brooklyn colleges mfa program, new york universitys school of continuing and professional. Years after poor health forces her to return to her family home, author flannery oconnor reluctantly attends the wedding of her cousin and inadvertently draws the attention of the groom, a wealthy manhattan resident who fears life is passing him by. The females brayed and shook their lessattractive tails in return. This novel, set in flannery oconnors hometown of milledgeville is emotoinallycharged and exceptionally well written. Ann napolitano s new novel, dear edward, was published by dial press in january 2020. Years later, as flannery is finishing a novel and tending to her. Despite the limitations of her disease, flannery seems to be more alive than other people, and melvin is drawn to her like a moth to a candle flame. Reading guide for a good hard look by ann napolitano. A novel of flannery oconnor by ann napolitano overview an absorbing, oldfashioned tale about how, as in flannery oconnors stories, grace changes a personand change is painful. A good hard look by ann napolitano penguin random house. The novel is set in the south in the early 1960s, so feel free to kick back with southern food and perhaps a cold mint julep while you discuss the book. Any page references refer to a usa edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may.
A fictional account of the life of flannery oconnor. In the aftermath of one tragic afternoon, they are all forced to look at themselves and face up to flannerys observation that the truth does not. She received an mfa from new york university and has taught fiction writing at brooklyn colleges mfa program, new york universitys school of continuing and professional studies, and gotham writers workshop. In a good hard look, ann napolitano seems to be channeling as well as portraying the fascinating flannery oconnor. After becoming crippled, flannery leaves new york and returns to her georgia hometown. He gets his last name from the muskrat, the lowly, hardworking, waterloving rodent, and thomas is a hard worker himself. A good hard look, ann napolitanos second novel, is a fictionalization of the last few years of flannery oconnors life in milledgeville, georgia. Jul 27, 2011 napolitanos book, set during the two years preceding the death of its pivotal character, flannery oconnor, is fiction, not biography.
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