 First edition cover | |
| Author | Flannery O'Connor |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Publisher | Farrar Straus Giroux |
Publication date | January 1965 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hard & paperback) |
| Pages | 269 pp |
| ISBN | 0-374-15012-5 |
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.[1][2] The collection was published posthumously in 1965 and contains an introduction by Robert Fitzgerald. Of the volume's nine stories, seven had been printed in magazines or literary journals prior to being collected, including three that won O. Henry Awards: "Greenleaf" (1957), "Everything That Rises Must Converge" (1963), and "Revelation" (1965). "Judgment 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 Iowa Writers' Workshop. "Parker's Back", the collection's only completely new story, was a last-minute addition.
- ^ Whitt, Margaret Earley (August 1, 1997). Understanding Flannery O'Connor. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-225-4.
- ^ Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De (1969). Building the Earth and The Psychological Conditions of Human Unification. Avon (Discus Edition). p. 11.