Jessica is joined by Tsh Oxenreider to debate Walker Percy’s debut novel, The Moviegoer (1961). The pair focus on how the e-book, as does lots of Percy’s following works, wrestles with the suicides of his father and grandfather, how his conversion to Catholicism associated to his need to not meet their destiny, and the way the e-book finds new which means for youthful generations in an more and more remoted and disconnected society.
Books Referenced:
The Moviegoer by Percy Walker
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Data on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Discussion board, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine College, and the creator of a number of books, together with The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Creativeness within the Firm of Literary Saints, Studying the Good Life: From the Nice Hearts and Minds that Got here Earlier than, and Giving the Satan his Due: Flannery O’Connor and The Brothers Karamazov.
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Data on Visitor: Tsh Oxenreider is a author of books, a journey information, and a podcaster and part-time English instructor to youngsters.
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