Edited with Introduction by Patrick Samway. Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers with rose background, a photo of Percy in front of a panting of him on front, black background to spine and front left, praise on back wrapper from Robert Coles in Boston Globe, Robert Olen Butler in Chicago Times Sunday Books, 428 pages. A few light tiny brown stains to pages' exterior edges. Very Good.

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Title: Signposts in a Strange Land
Publisher: Noonday Press
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0374523452
ISBN 13: 9780374523459
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A collection of essays explores such issues as the art of writing novels, the Civil War, semiotics, the physician as novelist, faith, abortion, the future of the Church, movie magazines, and education

Review

"These moving pieces of nonfiction, some quite brief and terse, others more relaxed and spacious, offer 'signposts' that will help us understand not only the 'strange land' that is late-20th-century America, but the extraordinary mind of an especially alert and knowing observer."--Robert Coles, " Boston Sunday Globe"""
"Tart, lively, and likeable. You come away admiring not only the writer's sense and sensibility, his sophistication and intelligence, but, more important, his wisdom and courage.""--"George Core, "The Washington Post Book World"
"Percy is always intelligent, always civilized, never blind to his opponents' point of view."--Evelyn Toynton, " The New York Times Book Review"
"Remarkably revealing . . . Signposts shows Percy in all of his moral and intellectual grandeur . . . What shines through, however, is Percy's fundamental decency, his compassiona for the human predicament, and his abundant love for humanity."--Jonathan Kirsch, "Los Angeles Times"

These moving pieces of nonfiction, some quite brief and terse, others more relaxed and spacious, offer 'signposts' that will help us understand not only the 'strange land' that is late-20th-century America, but the extraordinary mind of an especially alert and knowing observer. "Robert Coles, Boston Sunday Globe"

Tart, lively, and likeable. You come away admiring not only the writer's sense and sensibility, his sophistication and intelligence, but, more important, his wisdom and courage. "George Core, The Washington Post Book World"

Percy is always intelligent, always civilized, never blind to his opponents' point of view. "Evelyn Toynton, The New York Times Book Review"

Remarkably revealing . . . Signposts shows Percy in all of his moral and intellectual grandeur . . . What shines through, however, is Percy's fundamental decency, his compassiona for the human predicament, and his abundant love for humanity. "Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times""

Percy is always intelligent, always civilized, never blind to his opponents' point of view. Evelyn Toynton, The New York Times Book Review

"Tart, lively, and likeable. You come away admiring not only the writer's sense and sensibility, his sophistication and intelligence, but, more important, his wisdom and courage." --George Core, The Washington Post Book World

"Percy is always intelligent, always civilized, never blind to his opponents' point of view." --Evelyn Toynton, The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkably revealing . . . Signposts shows Percy in all of his moral and intellectual grandeur . . . What shines through, however, is Percy's fundamental decency, his compassiona for the human predicament, and his abundant love for humanity." --Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times

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