Walker Percy: The Moviegoer & Other Novels 1961-1971 (Loa #380)

The Moviegoer / The Last Gentleman / Love in the Ruins

Erstverkaufstag: 07.05.2024

Langbeschreibung
In 1 volume, 3 classic early works by the Southern physician-turned-novelist who galvanized American literature with stories of spiritual searching amid modern angst
Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1916, Walker Percy was trained as a physician at Columbia University. After a year's internship at Bellevue Hospital in New York, he contracted tuberculosis and abandoned medicine for a literary career. His first novel, The Moviegoer, was awarded the 1962 National Book Award for Fiction. His other books include the novels The Last Gentleman, Love in the Ruins, and The Thanatos Syndrome as well as the collection of essays The Message in the Bottle. Percy died in Covington, Louisiana, in 1990.
ISBN-13:
9781598537758
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.05.2024
Seiten:
1000
Autor:
Walker Percy
Gewicht:
612 g
Format:
201x132x38 mm
Sprache:
Englisch

46,00 €*

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