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The Kingdom of Speech, by Tom Wolfe (Little, Brown, 192 pp., $26) T om Wolfe, one of our best novelists and essayists, is also a critic of the Darwinian theory of evolution. The Kingdom of Speech By Tom Wolfe (PDF/READ) The Kingdom of Speech By Tom Wolfe The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. The Kingdom of Speech Quotes Showing 1-30 of 31 “To say that animals evolved into man is like saying that Carrara marble evolved into Michelangelo's David. Wolfe has managed to create two literary worlds, old and new, that simultaneously exist, but not in the usual alternating fashion. ‎ The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. It is also his most visionary, most speculative, most excitable, and most intellectually dense. The Kingdom of Speech (Book) : Wolfe, Tom : "Taking readers on a rollicking ride through history, a master storyteller and reporter, whose legend began in journalism, presents a paradigm-shifting argument that speech, not evolution, is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements"--NoveList. Physically, man is a sad case. The tone of the book is very typical of the author, who bid farewell to this inconceivable universe (but understandable as far as the meninges give us) with this bold, pugnant and somewhat cheating work. Speech is what man pays homage to in every moment he can imagine.” The Kingdom of Speech is best read, then, with Wolfe not just as a narrator-historian but as a character. The Kingdom of Speech Tom Wolfe. The Kingdom of Speech is… The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, … Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. David Z. 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