Flannery O'Connor Quote

When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.


Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969) - ISBN: 9781466829046


When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.

When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.

When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.

When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.