The Violent Bear It Away

The Violent Bear It Away

First edition
Author	Flannery O'Connor
Language	English
Genre	Southern Gothic
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date	1960
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	243
OCLC	170140

The Violent Bear It Away is a 1960 novel by American author Flannery O'Connor. It is the second and final novel that she published. The first chapter was originally published as the story "You Can't Be Any Poorer Than Dead" in the journal New World Writing.^[1] The novel tells the story of Francis Marion Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old boy who is trying to escape the destiny his uncle has prescribed for him: the life of a prophet. Like most of O'Connor's stories, the novel is filled with Catholic themes and dark images, making it a classic example of Southern Gothic literature.