Lost in the Cosmos - by Walker Percy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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. <i>Lost in the Cosmos</i> invites us to think about how we communicate with our world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"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." --<i>Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> <p/>"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." --<i>Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal</i> <p/>"This is a stunningly innovative collection, for readers who like both to chuckle and to think hard." --<i>People</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Walker Percy</b> wrote several books, many of them bestsellers, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. He died in 1990.</p>
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