Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

[Doug Brown <wply1223 AT gmail.com>]

I addressed my last email to Rhonda, when I really meant Karey. My apologies, but I rather enjoy Rhonda’s responses as well. 

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 8:30 PM RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com> wrote:

I agree with Karey regarding The Second Coming. It is my favorite Percy novel. But I like it in companionship with The Last Gentleman. I think the whole Will Barrett arc is worth it and I’m a fan of LG’s final scene. 

Moviegoer did win the National Book Award, but it’s also the most read of Percy’s books.  I might rather have Thanatos Syndrome paired with Love in the Ruins as the prescience shown in those novels makes them interesting to me. 

In the end though, I’m just incredibly pleased to have Percy’s work out out there. I don’t think anyone can go much wrong with any of them!

Rhonda 

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On Jun 19, 2023, at 5:05 PM, Doug Brown <wply1223 AT gmail.com> wrote:



Wow, Rhonda, those are exactly my choices - for very much the same reasons.

Doug

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 4:46 PM Karey Perkins <kareyperkins AT gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Rhonda!  

Thanks for the link and the research!

To answer your question:  My favorites include The Moviegoer (and because it won the National Book Award, seems a logical first choice to include in the LoA).  I also would choose Love in the Ruins, the first novel I read by Percy which made me a lifelong lover of his fiction, but also because it is so prescient about our society today.  But I’d skip The Last Gentleman (which I never liked as much as the others despite the fact it was chosen for the Modern Library publication).   For the LoA, I'd include my personal favorite, The Second Coming.  I think Percy does his best job of female characterization in that novel, not to mention, it’s more upbeat, an enjoyable read.  There’s tons of cool symbolism and allusions in it too.  If I got to choose four, I’d add Lancelot as I think it is particularly well-written and tightly plotted. 

Karey

On Jun 19, 2023, at 11:40 AM, RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com> wrote:

Great news, Michael! For those interest, here’s the post. https://loa.org/news-and-views/2155-forthcoming-spring-2024

Paul Elie is the editor. What does everyone think of the choices he included? 

Rhonda

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On Jun 18, 2023, at 11:34 AM, Michael Martin Serafin <michael_serafin AT hotmail.com> wrote:



Today I learned that Percy will be published by Library Of America next Spring. In one volume will be his first 3 novels, his National Book Award speech, an intro he wrote for another edition of MOVIEGOER, and a speech he gave regarding RUINS.

Michael Serafin

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