The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other
by Walker Percy
Walker Percy examines the strangeness of human existence and the peculiar nature of language. Exploring the connection between how people are and how they speak, The Message in the Bottle considers communication, meaning, and the relationship between language and the human condition.
About This Book
In The Message in the Bottle, Walker Percy considers the unusual and unsettling dimensions of human existence.
The book examines the relationship between the human condition and language, asking how words affect the way people understand themselves and their world.
Its central concern is the connection between being “queer” and speaking a language capable of expressing that experience.
Percy’s work offers a philosophical exploration of communication, meaning, and what one has to do with the other.
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