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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