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Title: Love in the Ruins
Author: Walker Percy
Published: New York: Picardor, 1971
Page Count: 403
Total Page Count: 16,544
Text Number: 45
Read For: My own enjoyment
Short review: The story of an all-American apocalypse, Love in the Ruins takes places in the South and follows one doctor's journey through technological discovery and mental breakdown, climaxing in the possible destruction of America herself. The writing style is straight-forward and physically descriptive but the subject matter ranges from the mundanity of a parallel-universe USA to a scientific conception of the human soul. As a result, the text, while appearing easy to grasp, can be confusing, abstract, and just plain weird. The book focuses on the events leading up to a theoretical apocalypse and functions primarily as a twisted, frightening speculation about what America could have become and may very well still be on its way towards becoming. The conclusion, however, is abrupt, and the apocalypse is never resolved. However interesting and possible the body of the text, Love in the Ruins seems somehow incomplete. I would recommend it, but there are other, better apocalyptic texts out there that are more deserving of a read.
( Long review. )
Author: Walker Percy
Published: New York: Picardor, 1971
Page Count: 403
Total Page Count: 16,544
Text Number: 45
Read For: My own enjoyment
Short review: The story of an all-American apocalypse, Love in the Ruins takes places in the South and follows one doctor's journey through technological discovery and mental breakdown, climaxing in the possible destruction of America herself. The writing style is straight-forward and physically descriptive but the subject matter ranges from the mundanity of a parallel-universe USA to a scientific conception of the human soul. As a result, the text, while appearing easy to grasp, can be confusing, abstract, and just plain weird. The book focuses on the events leading up to a theoretical apocalypse and functions primarily as a twisted, frightening speculation about what America could have become and may very well still be on its way towards becoming. The conclusion, however, is abrupt, and the apocalypse is never resolved. However interesting and possible the body of the text, Love in the Ruins seems somehow incomplete. I would recommend it, but there are other, better apocalyptic texts out there that are more deserving of a read.
( Long review. )
