<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 269 pp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0 - 374 - 15012 - 5 </Td> </Tr> <P> Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life . The collection's eponymous story derives its name from the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin . The collection was published posthumously in 1965 and contains an introduction by Robert Fitzgerald . Of the volume's nine stories, seven had been printed in magazines or literary journals prior to being collected . "Judgment Day" is a dramatically reworked version of "The Geranium," which was one of O'Connor's earliest publications and appeared in her graduate thesis at the University of Iowa . "Parker's Back," the collection's only completely new story, was a last - minute addition . </P> <Ul> <Li> "Everything That Rises Must Converge" </Li> <Li> "Greenleaf" </Li> <Li> "A View of the Woods" </Li> <Li> "The Enduring Chill" </Li> <Li> "The Comforts of Home" </Li> <Li> "The Lame Shall Enter First" </Li> <Li> "Revelation" </Li> <Li> "Parker's Back" </Li> <Li> "Judgement Day" </Li> </Ul>

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