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. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco's perennial areas of ... Zobraziť viac
Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. A celebrated essayist as well as novelist, in this, his last collection, he explores many aspects of the modern world with irrepressible curiosity and wisdom written in his uniquely ironic voice. Writte Zobraziť viac
Embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues... Zobraziť viac
In the tradition of On Beauty, On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling and erudite illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed and eluded us through the ages... Zobraziť viac
Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection of essays exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that made Umberto Eco one of the world's leading writers... Zobraziť viac
From Homer's poems to contemporary science fiction, literature through the ages has continuously invented imaginary and legendary lands, projecting there all those wishes, dreams, ... Zobraziť viac
Harvill Secker: Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. A celebrated essayist as well as novelist, in this, his... Zobraziť viac
After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, Eco examines a number of major authors from the Western... Zobraziť viac
