| The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other Contributor(s): Percy, Walker (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312254016 ISBN-13: 9780312254018 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: In "Message" i"n the" "Bottle," Walker Percy offers insights on such varied yet interconnected subjects as symbolic reasoning, the origins of mankind, Helen Keller, Semioticism, and the incredible Delta Factor. Confronting difficult philosophical questions with a novelist's eye, Percy rewards us again and again with his keen insights into the way that language possesses all of us. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| LCCN: 99089027 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Message in the Bottle, Walker Percy offers insights on such varied yet interconnected subjects as symbolic reasoning, the origins of mankind, Helen Keller, Semioticism, and the incredible Delta Factor. Confronting difficult philosophical questions with a novelist's eye, Percy rewards us again and again with his keen insights into the way that language possesses all of us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Percy, Walker: - Walker Percy wrote several books, many of them bestsellers, and is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time. His books include The Moviegoer and Love in the Ruins. |