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Lost in the Cosmos

The Last Self-Help Book

Walker Percy
4.6
(11)
Pages
256
Year
2011
Language
English

About

Published at the height of the 1980s self-help boom, Lost in the Cosmos is Percy's unforgettable riff on the trend that swept the nation. Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is a laugh-out-loud spin on a familiar genre that also pushes readers 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.T166

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"Original and imaginative . . . to be reread, savored, and pondered."
The Wall Street Journal
"A stunningly innovative collection, for readers who like both to chuckle and to think hard."
People
"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."
Los Angeles Times Book Review

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