Description
A precocious, mute-by-choice boy named Baby Ralph spends his days in a crib reading everything from classic literature to philosophy, semiotics, and pulp thrillers—then turning it all into poems and stories in crayon. When his extraordinary mind is noticed, his carefully guarded life is shattered by a psychiatrist’s “testing” and, soon after, a Pentagon officer’s far more dangerous interest in what Ralph can do with language and meaning. Blending the feverish momentum of a thriller with the razor-sharp wit of literary satire, this novel skewers the pretensions of intellectual systems while asking what it really means to interpret, classify, and control knowledge. With Percival Everett’s signature blend of humor and philosophical bite, *Glyph* turns poststructuralist theory into a high-stakes, page-turning adventure—one that challenges readers to question the “maps” we build for understanding the world.
Available Editions
paperback
Graywolf Press
Published Jan 1, 2014
240 pages
ISBN: 9781555970864
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Details
First Published
1996
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Glyph by Percival Everett.