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Title details for Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy - Available

Lost in the Cosmos

by Walker Percy
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"A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke . . . to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess." (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is National Book Award–winning author Walker Percy's humorous take on a familiar genre—as well as an invitation to serious contemplation of life's biggest questions. One part parody and two parts philosophy, Lost in the Cosmos is an enlightening guide to the dilemmas of human existence, and an unrivaled spin on self-help manuals by one of modern America's greatest literary masters.
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Publisher: Open Road Media

Kindle Book

  • Release date: March 31, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781453216347
  • Release date: March 31, 2011

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781453216347
  • File size: 3229 KB
  • Release date: March 31, 2011

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subjects

Essays Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)

Languages

English

"A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke . . . to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess." (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is National Book Award–winning author Walker Percy's humorous take on a familiar genre—as well as an invitation to serious contemplation of life's biggest questions. One part parody and two parts philosophy, Lost in the Cosmos is an enlightening guide to the dilemmas of human existence, and an unrivaled spin on self-help manuals by one of modern America's greatest literary masters.
Expand title description text
Essays Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)