Both made Percy a keen observer of the fundamental human predicament. Then a battle with tuberculosis in brought him to a second career as a successful writer. Walker Percy began his professional life seeking to be a doctor. He knows we are lost and he knows that there is no real direction home. And while Percy keeps his tongue held firmly in cheek, his goal is to help in the most universal sense. Walker Percy's Lost In The Cosmos is aptly subtitled The Last Self-Help Book. There is one book however that does stare down this hole and I am happy to pass it on. The real question keeping me up at night is this: What the hell is a self anyway? How did I get one and why is it so damn desperate for help? On any given day my self seems to need so much help that 200 pages of cheerful advice and end-of-chapter exercises miss the core of my dilemma. How?Īdam Frank is an astrophysicist at University of Rochester and host of the 13.7: Cosmos and Culture blog on NPR.org. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Lost in the Cosmos Subtitle The Last Self-Help Book Author Walker Percy
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