#49: Parker's Back
Apr 25, 2017•1 hr 15 min
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Episode description
On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge, with "Parker's Back".
Topics include:
- The differences between "Parkers' Back" and her other work
- The theatrical nature of the story
- Parker's awe
- The deeper meaning of the characters' actions
- Reading Sarah Ruth
- Parker's image (and its all-seeing eye)
- Why O'Connor chose to use a Byzantine icon
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