Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1982.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 108 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps, portraits ;
Dimensions
22 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Translation of: L'empire des signes.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Faraway -- The unknown language -- Without words -- Water and flake -- Chopsticks -- Food decentered -- The interstice -- Pachinko -- Center-city, empty center -- No address -- The station -- Packages -- The three writings -- Animate/inanimate -- Inside/outside -- Bowing -- The breach of meaning -- Exemption from meaning -- The incident -- So -- Stationery store -- The written face -- Millions of bodies -- The eyelid -- The writing of violence -- The cabinet of signs.