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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)
ISBN: 0312254016     ISBN-13: 9780312254018
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $19.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2000
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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.

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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
 
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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.