[percy-l] Percy in LOA
Doug Brown
wply1223 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 20:40:28 EDT 2023
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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> 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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