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Walker Percy, OblSB (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans ; his first, The Moviegoer , won the National Book Award for Fiction .
Walker Percy has 68 books on Goodreads with 611533 ratings. Walker Percy’s most popular book is The Moviegoer.
May 10, 1990 · Walker Percy was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction.
Acclaimed for his poetic style and moving depictions of the alienation of modern American culture, Percy was the bestselling author of six fiction titles—including the classic novel The Moviegoer (1961), winner of the National Book Award—and fifteen works of nonfiction.
Amazon.com: Walker Percy: Books. 1-16 of 146 results. Results. A Confederacy of Dunces. by John Kennedy Toole and Walker Percy | Jan 1, 1987. 9,748. Paperback. $1072. List: $16.00. FREE delivery Wed, Jan 3 on $35 of items shipped by Amazon. More Buying Choices. $1.23 (268 used & new offers) Kindle. $848. Digital List Price: $16.00.
Jan 1, 2001 · Will Barrett (also the hero of Percy's The Last Gentleman) is a lonely widower suffering from a depression so severe that he decides he doesn't want to continue living. But then he meets Allison, a mental hospital escapee making a new life for herself in a greenhouse.
Apr 1, 2000 · This book - “the last self-help book” - is designed to make you question your basic assumptions about who you think you are, what you think you believe and value, and what you think you’re doing here. Walker Percy delves into the problematic nature of “the self”: me, I.
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A Complete Listing of Books by Walker Percy with Book Descriptions, interactive multimedia, bibliographies, and archives listings. Hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill, The Walker Percy Project is a comprehensive educational resource for scholars, students, and general readers.
The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. [2] It won the U.S. National Book Award. [3] Time included the novel in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". [4]
Complete order of Walker Percy books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.