That protagonist compares himself to Kafka in a letter to be read after his death, and he feels a sense of communion while smoking with two black farmhands in a barn.
In one story by this author, the protagonist is disappointed when a Jesuit priest doesn't recognize James Joyce's name. That protagonist compares himself to Kafka in a letter to be read after his death, and he feels a sense of communion while smoking with two black farmhands in a barn. In another story by this author of "The Enduring Chill," a woman annoys her (*) son by saying that he wants to be a writer but is selling typewriters for the time being and by claiming to enjoy her struggles. That character created by this author prides himself on having an objective view of his mother unblinded by affection, and lectures her after she tries to give Carver a penny but is nevertheless strongly affected by her death shortly after she gets off the bus and is confronted about her racism. For 10 points, name this author of "Everything that Rises Must Converge."
In one story by this author, the protagonist is disappointed when a Jesuit priest doesn't recognize James Joyce's name.
Flannery O’Connor