Lancelot

3,5 Lo he disfrutado más que su famoso Cinéfilo. Me lo he bebido como un vaso de agua fresca después de una caminata. Como es habitual en Percy, la ironía típicamente americana preside el conjunto, alcanza cotas brillantes y desvela con lucidez las miserias de la modernidad. Un tono cáustico atraviesa......more

I have heard Percy described as a modern Southerner who laces witty, parabolic stories with deeper insight into the human condition. Having now read Lancelot, I have to concur. Lancelot opens with the passage quoted above, and that eerily intimate tone permeates the ensuing narration. Lancelot Andrew......more

Less of a novel, and more of a jeremiad, and a jeremiad more true now, 35 years after Percy penned it, than it was originally. While its main thrust is the problematics of a culture whose sine qua non is pleasure, it is also a fascinating investigation of how we create identities for others (and how......more

A man realizes he's been sleeping his way through life when he learns of his wife's infidelity. He wakes up and is disgusted with the ways that we all live. Life has no meaning. He ends up in a prison/insane asylum. This is his rant as he searches for meaning. I loved this book. Percy writes so well......more