The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
The protagonist, a young stockbroker in New Orleans, is alienated, detached, and finds more reality in movies and books than in his everyday life. He searches for meaning in life, often through his relationships with his aunt and his cousin, while also dealing with existential dread and the impending reality of turning 30. This exploration of alienation and search for identity in the modern world won the National Book Award for Fiction.
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- Published
- 1961
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 224
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - L'uomo Che Andava Al Cinema
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This book is on the following 24 lists:
- 4th on Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World (Literary Hub)
- 6th on The Best Southern Novels of All Time (Oxford American)
- 6th on The Ideal Library (Book)
- 31st on Taking off the Reading Gloves (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- 49th on The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List (The Modern Library)
- 60th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 136th on Books Of The Century (Library Journal)
- 975th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 100 Best 20th-Century American Books (Hungry Mind Review)
- 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
- As if You Don't Have Enough to Read, Fiction Edition (New York Times)
- Donald Barthelme’s Reading List (Believer Mag)
- For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- National Book Award - Fiction (National Book Foundation)
- One Hundred Best American Novels, 1770 to 1985 (The American Scholar)
- Recommended Books (Academy of Achievement)
- Richard Ford's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- The 100 Best Novels Of All Time (Runners-Up) (The Guardian)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)
- The Great Books Podcast from John J. Miller (The National Review )
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)