{"product_id":"flannery-oconnors-why-do-the-heathen-rage-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-a-work-in-progress-hardcover","title":"Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Hooten Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Prince\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wilson does a great service in resurrecting one of O'Connor's lesser-known works.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen celebrated American novelist and short story writer Flannery O'Connor died at the age of thirty-nine in 1964, she left behind an unfinished third novel titled \u003ci\u003eWhy Do the Heathen Rage?\u003c\/i\u003e Scholarly experts uncovered and studied the material, deeming it unpublishable. It stayed that way for more than fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the past ten-plus years, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson has explored the 378 pages of typed and handwritten material of the novel--transcribing pages, organizing them into scenes, and compiling everything to provide a glimpse into what O'Connor might have planned to publish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the result of Hooten Wilson's work. In it, she introduces O'Connor's novel to the public for the first time and imagines themes and directions O'Connor's work might have taken. Including illustrations and an afterword from noted artist Steve Prince (One Fish Studio), the book unveils scenes that are both funny and thought-provoking, ultimately revealing that we have much to learn from what O'Connor left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Literary Excavation of Flannery O'Connor's Unfinished Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen celebrated American fiction writer Flannery O'Connor died at the age of thirty-nine in 1964, she left behind an unfinished third novel titled \u003ci\u003eWhy Do the Heathen Rage?\u003c\/i\u003e Scholarly experts uncovered and studied the material, deeming it unpublishable. It stayed that way for more than fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this work of literary excavation, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson transcribes, compiles, and organizes O'Connor's unfinished novel, imagining themes and directions her work might have taken. The book includes illustrations and an afterword from noted artist Steve Prince of One Fish Studio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a delight that there's a new Flannery O'Connor manuscript in the world, courtesy of Jessica Hooten Wilson, who has performed a true labor of love here, for which the literary world will be wildly grateful.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eGeorge Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of Man Booker Prize winner \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This book is part detective story, part examination of O'Connor in the context of a changing America (especially racially), and part exploration of one of America's great writers in the process of creation.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEsau McCaulley\u003c\/b\u003e, Wheaton College; author of \u003ci\u003eHow Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFlannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage? \u003c\/i\u003eis an important read for followers of this influential writer. Rather than complete O'Connor's unfinished novel, \u003ci\u003e Why Do the Heathen Rage?\u003c\/i\u003e, Hooten Wilson pairs passages from the book with insightful commentary about O'Connor the person and the artist. For fans interested in a complex portrait of O'Connor and the novel she never completed, this work is required reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eNadra Nittle\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003ebell hooks' Spiritual Vision\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToni Morrison's Spiritual Vision\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hooten Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Baylor University) is the Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She is the author or editor of eight books, including \u003ci\u003eReading for the Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Holiness \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of a \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today \u003c\/i\u003e2023 Award of Merit), and \u003ci\u003eGiving the Devil His Due: Demonic Authority in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor and Fyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a 2018 \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award). Hooten Wilson speaks around the world on topics as varied as Russian novelists, Catholic thinkers, and Christian ways of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764627341600,"sku":"9781587436185","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b24aaa5232810973e6cd4cf1d3946928.webp?v=1780253850","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/flannery-oconnors-why-do-the-heathen-rage-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-a-work-in-progress-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}