The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.70 (575 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0312254016 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-10-03 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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.. In Message in theBottle, 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
“The Message in the Bottle is a delight a pleasure to read.” Larry McMurtry, The Washington Post Book World“Walker Percy has an intellectual range and rigor few American novelists can match.” Thomas Leclair, The New York Times Book Review“This book is worth examining for the confusions it reveals about the study of language and about what can be expected from it.” Thomas Nagel, The New York Review of Books
Walker Percy is the author of over ten books, many of which were bestsellers, and he is considered one of the greatest American writers of our time.
"Always the Novelist" according to Jonathan A. Boulineau. The precursor to the, in comparision, pithy 'Lost in the Cosmos,' Message in a Bottle is less accessible than his later, more famous, book. However, Message provides all of the necessary academic rigor that 'Lost in the Cosmos' lacks (not that LC is not a great book, it is).Percy claims that he is, in fact, not philosopher or scientist. Rather, he wishes to be thought of as mere novelist writing as he perceives scientists and ph. "brilliant" according to some guy. In a see of charlatans, hucksters, half-truths and snake-oil salesmen, we find this island of wisdom. Percy, a psychiatrist turned novelist, was ever a scientist. He takes his aim at a very difficult scientific issue-the study of man. It is very hard for many to study himself, but percy believes the answer to understand man lies in the study og language. As Percy himself said, just because a primate can be taught sign-language w. Zoë said A brilliant and relatively unknown work. This dense, well-written and extraordinary book is an excellent introduction to the works of a great "A brilliant and relatively unknown work" according to Zoë. This dense, well-written and extraordinary book is an excellent introduction to the works of a great 20th century thinker. In this collection of essays, Percy manages to confront some difficult philosophical questions in an exciting and readable context. Percy was first a novelist, and his writing is seldom inaccesible. He deals in everything from religion to science, from literary theory to travel. His best writing relates to t. 0th century thinker. In this collection of essays, Percy manages to confront some difficult philosophical questions in an exciting and readable context. Percy was first a novelist, and his writing is seldom inaccesible. He deals in everything from religion to science, from literary theory to travel. His best writing relates to t