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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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      • Media: Paperback Book, 272 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Picador USA (Apr. 30th, 2000)
      • ISBN-10: 0312254016
      • ISBN-13: 9780312254018
      • Dimensions: 5.61 x 8.27 x 0.85 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.73 lbs
      • Categories: General Language Arts Literary Collections Essays

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