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《好人难寻》是弗兰纳里·奥康纳最受推崇的短篇小说之一。故事讲述了一位老太太一家五口外出旅行,途中翻了车,一个叫不合时宜的逃犯恰好经过,结果全家遇害。故事展示了贯穿奥康纳作品的主题:揭示现代世俗社会中人们茫然不觉、视而不见的罪的本性,并且指出爱是通向救赎之路的唯一途径。
One of Flannery O’Connor’s most respected short stories is Good People Is Hard to Find. The story tells of an old lady who went out for a family of five and overturned on the way. An outdated fugitive just happened to pass through. As a result, the whole family was killed. The story shows the theme that runs through O’Connor’s work: to reveal the sin of ignorance and blindness in modern secular societies, and to point out that love is the only way toward salvation.