walker percy

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Definition von walker percy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born May 28, 1916, Birmingham, Ala., U.S. died May 10, 1990, Covington, La. U.S. novelist. He was orphaned in late childhood and was raised by a cousin in Mississippi. While working as a pathologist he contracted tuberculosis; during his recuperation he decided on a writing career and converted to Roman Catholicism. His first and best-known novel, The Moviegoer (1961), introduced his concept of malaise, a sense of spiritual emptiness characteristic of the rootless modern world. His other works, often about the search for faith and love in a New South transformed by industry and technology, include Love in the Ruins (1971), The Second Coming (1980), and The Thanatos Syndrome (1987)

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Walk·er Per·cy

Türkische aussprache

wôkır pırsi

Aussprache

/ˈwôkər ˈpərsē/ /ˈwɔːkɜr ˈpɜrsiː/