The massive use of violence and death in the story implies the social background. At that time, America, who had gone through the miserable Civil War and Word War II, was experiencing a dramatic shift. With the rampant Mamonism and Hedonism,...

Regarded as one of the greatest short-story writers of all time, Frank O'Connor (1903-1966) was also a literary critic, essayist, travel writer, translator, biographer, novelist, poet, dramatist and self-taught genius. It is unanimous that ...