An in-depth introduction to the literary theory known as deconstruction, presented as an illustrated conversation between a coyote, Mark Twain, and a woman named Uma about the ideas of philosopher Jacques Derrida.
Discusses the work of Jasper Johns, an American artist in the 1950s and 1960s, and analyzes three of his paintings, and how he uses opposition between surface and subject, describes their private and public meanings, and develops a visual language.
