Pray Without Ceasing (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wendell Berry
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, 1910’s, Violence, Farms, farmers, or farming, Revenge, Grandparents or grandchildren, Nonviolence, Prayers
- Locales: Kentucky
In “Pray Without Ceasing,” the first of five stories in Fidelity (1992), Andy Catlett recounts the day in July, 1912, when his great-grandfather, Ben Feltner, was shot by his friend and kinsman, Thad Coulter, over an imagined slight. An old newspaper article about the murder stimulates Andy's recollection of how his grandfather Mat Feltner, Ben's son, was able to break the cycle of violence and revenge.
Thad's problems began when he learned that he would lose his farm, heavily mortgaged to finance his son Abner's grocery in Hargrave. Abner defaulted on the loan, and...
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