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The Book of Legendary Lands
In the tradition of his books On Beauty and On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed and …
Chronicles of a Liquid Society
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 …
Inventing the Enemy
Covers a range of topics on which the author has written and lectured over the years. This book explores lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world in the process - to a …
Island of the Day Before
Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the …
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and …
The Poetry of Translation
“[…] what I consider to be one of the most important arts of the future: the art of translation. "—Édouard Glissant With The Poetry of Translation, Kunst Meran Merano Arte …
On Literature
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 …
The Name of the Rose
Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history …
Rosens navn
En novemberdag i 1327 ankommer broder William fra Baskerville et kloster i de norditalienske fjellene. Han er utsendt for å megle i maktkampen mellom paven i Avignon og keiser …
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature...this collection can be read with pleasure by …