num_pages: 265
description: Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life. The collection's eponymous story derives its name from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Of the volume's nine stories, seven had been printed in magazines or literary journals prior to being collected. "Judgement Day" is a dramatically reworked version of "The Geranium," which was one of O'Connor's earliest publications and appeared in her graduate thesis at the University of Iowa. "Parker's Back," the collection's only completely new story, was a last-minute addition.
language: English
title: Everything That Rises Must Converge
titlecomplete: Everything That Rises Must Converge
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Southern, Classics, Short Stories, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 20148
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Faber and Faber