The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.
The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.
In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco's perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics.
Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.
The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.
The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.
In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco's perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics.
Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.
The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.
Umberto Eco (Author)
Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and
philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major
international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's
Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious
Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along
with many brilliant collections of essays.
Unlike many academics, he [Eco] had the ability to write in an
accessible and engaging style… This book consists of 12 essays…
Reading them is exhilarating… Almost every page of this entrancing
book invites questions and provokes reflections
*Scotsman*
On the Shoulders of Giants…captures Eco on some of his most
generous and scintillating form as a lecturer, breezing along with
a lifetime’s material at his fingertips
*Daily Telegraph*
There are people you’ve never met and yet you miss them when they
are gone… Eco’s famously ironic voice is penetrating … The issues
Eco addresses are so enormous in their scale they seem
insurmountable, yet his measured, erudite commentary assures you
that they can be understood and therefore resolved
*Financial Times*
He brilliantly exposes all that is absurd and paradoxical in
contemporary behaviour. Eco’s irony is disarming, his cleverness
dazzling
*Guardian*
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