The violent bear it away
Flannery O'Connor (Author)
Prior to his death, Francis Tarwater's great uncle prophesies that Francis will called to be a prophet of the Lord. He also prophesies that his nephew Rayber's son, Bishop, will be baptized by Tarwater. At the old man's death, little Bishop, thanks to Rayber's alert opposition, remains unbaptized, and on Tarwater falls the burden of baptizing him. A struggle over Bishop begins between Tarwater and Rayber. Yet Tarwater, interiorly, is undergoing a struggle of his own. He does not want to be either prophet or Baptist; he shows extraordinary strengths within himself in resisting his fate. --Book jacket
Print Book, English, 1960
Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1960