Unlike the authors above, he focuses more on its decay and macabre facets, less on its hope. It was tricky for me to select only one of Cormac McCarthy’s novels for this list, because he writes Southern Gothic novels so well. This book is bound to break your heart, and if you haven’t read it, you need to. Though we start by reading Celie’s prayers, addressed, “Dear God,” we also get letters among the characters. We follow Celie as she marries Mister so her sister won’t have to, helps her sister escape their abusive home, and finds refuge in Shug Avery.
The epistolary masterpiece The Color Purple by Alice Walker illustrates an abusive home life of two Black sisters in rural, early 20th century Georgia.
He spends the novel trying to prevent this destiny. In its opening lines, Francis Marion Tarwater digs a grave for the grandfather who kidnapped him in early childhood on the prescription that Francis would become a prophet. Though many are familiar with her short stories and the novel, Wise Blood, one of the best among Southern Gothic horror novels is The Violent Bear It Away. There are few authors as adept at articulating the complexities of living in the South (Georgia), in particular, in regard to Christianity and spirituality, as Flannery O’Connor. The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor This book is not only a true masterpiece (I mean, she won the Nobel for a reason, y’all), but it will actually, definitely change your life. This narration, too, spreads through generations, and it incorporates the collective unconscious of the African American people. When she’s haunted by the ghost of her baby girl, her freedom becomes more complex, more compromised, even as her surviving daughter tries to save them both. By signing up you agree to our terms of use Beloved by Toni Morrisonīeloved by Toni Morrison tells of a runaway pregnant slave and the aftermath that slavery has on her psyche and her family. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.
0 kommentar(er)
