Walker Percy Knihy

Americká společnost se ve druhé půli 20. století ocitá na samém pokraji katastrofy, hrozí jí občanská válka… Všudypřítomným sociálním úpadkem nás provází psychiatr Thomas More (44 let), který je sice „špatný katolík“ a více než cokoli jiného má rád ženy a svou whisky, ale mohl by hrozící situaci odvrátit: vynalezl totiž „ontologický lapsometr“, řekli bychom „stetoskop duše“, jenž umí nejen diagnostikovat duševní nemoci, ale dokáže je i léčit. Thomas More má v úmyslu prostřednictvím svého pozoruhodného vynálezu najít ztracenou rovnováhu lidské duše, odstranit pocity úzkostného neklidu a odcizení… Je to úkol pro šílence, nebo spasitele? Percy je brilantní stylista: i přes závažnost filozofických, náboženských a politických otázek předkládá příběh plný břitké ironie a humorné nadsázky.

Kate's desperate struggles to maintain her sanity force Binx to relinquish his dreamworld.

In the late 1940s, Walker Percy and Shelby Foote, friends since their teenage years in Greenville, Mississippi, began a correspondence that would last until Percy's death in 1990. Their letters provide a rich record of an enduring literary and personal friendship. Walker Percy, winner of the National Book Award, wrote six novels, two volumes of philosophical writings, and numerous essays on topics ranging from the aesthetics of bourbon drinking to race and integration in

Lancelot Lamar is a disenchanted lawyer who finds himself confined in a mental asylum with memories that don't seem worth remembering. It all began the day he accidentally discovered he was not the father of his youngest daughter, a discovery which sent Lancelot on modern quest to reverse the degeneration of America. Percy's novel reveals a shining knight for the modern age--a knight not of romance, but of revenge.

Explores human nature and presents insights on the self and its fears, sexuality, boredom, depression, and other aspects.

Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, --selfish, domineering, deluded, tragic and larger than life-- is a noble crusader against a world of dunces. He is a modern-day Quixote beset by giants of the modern age. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh posts of the fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must work.

When Dr. Tom More is released on parole from state prison, he returns to Feliciana, Louisiana, the parish where he was born and bred, where he practiced psychiatry before his arrest. He immediately notices something strange in almost everyone around him: unusual sexual behavior in women patients, a bizarre loss of inhibition, his own wife's extraordinary success as bridge tournaments, during which her mind seems to function like a computer. With the help of his attractive cousin, Dr. Lucy Lipscomb, Dr. More begins to uncover a criminal experimentto "improve" people's behavior by drugging the local water supply. But beyond this scheme are activities so sinister that Dr. More can only wonder if the whole world has gone crazy -- or he has . . .

Exploring themes of spiritual searching and modern angst, this volume compiles three influential works by a Southern physician-turned-novelist. The Moviegoer follows Binx Bolling, a New Orleans stockbroker seeking meaning through cinema. The Last Gentleman features a southerner in New York grappling with amnesia and existential dread. Love in the Ruins presents Dr. Thomas More, a psychiatrist confronting a fractured America. Additionally, the collection includes three insightful nonfiction pieces by the author, enhancing the understanding of his literary contributions.

Der Südstaatler William Barrett lebt relativ ziel- und sorglos in New York. Eines Tages will er im Central Park einen Wanderfalken mit dem Teleskop beobachten. Zufällig sieht er, wie eine Frau eine Nachricht in einer Parkbank versteckt. Sein Interesse ist geweckt, und tatsächlich wird wenig später der »tote Briefkasten« von einer jungen Frau geleert, in die sich William auf den ersten Blick verliebt. Mit der Familie der jungen Frau kehrt er, als Betreuer von deren todkrankem Bruder, in seine Heimat zurück. Mit dieser Heimkehr ist seine Suche nach der Wahrheit über sich und die moderne Welt jedoch nicht abgeschlossen – im Gegenteil: Er muß sie, in seiner zurückhaltenden Art, gegen die zahlreichen Möglichkeiten, sich in der ziellosen Geschäftigkeit der Gegenwart zu verlieren, behaupten.