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Highlights
- Walker Percy's mordantly funny and wholly original contribution to the self-help book craze deals with the Western mind's tendency toward heavy abstraction.
- About the Author: Walker Percy wrote several books, many of them bestsellers, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time.
- 272 Pages
- Literary Collections, Essays
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About the Book
This mordantly funny contribution to the self-help book craze deals with the Western mind's tendency toward heavy abstraction. "Stunningly innovative, for readers who like both to chuckle and to think hard."--"People."Book Synopsis
Walker Percy's mordantly funny and wholly original contribution to the self-help book craze deals with the Western mind's tendency toward heavy abstraction. This favorite of Percy fans continues to charm and beguile readers of all tastes and backgrounds. Lost in the Cosmos invites us to think about how we communicate with our world.
Review Quotes
"A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke; a chapbook to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess." --Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Original and imaginative, it conveys a serious, occasionally somber message in a vein of high comedy. I love this book. It is not to be read once through, but to be reread, savored, and pondered." --Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal "This is a stunningly innovative collection, for readers who like both to chuckle and to think hard." --PeopleAbout the Author
Walker Percy wrote several books, many of them bestsellers, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. He died in 1990.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.14 Inches (H) x 5.64 Inches (W) x .72 Inches (D)
Weight: .54 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Literary Collections
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Picador USA
Format: Paperback
Author: Walker Percy
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 2000
TCIN: 77020953
UPC: 9780312253998
Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-3642
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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