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Umberto Eco

On Literature

A wide-ranging collection of essays on the importance and meaning of literature by “one of the most influential thinkers of our time” (Los Angeles Times).
In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his long and celebrated career, Umberto Eco seeks «to understand the chemistry of [his] passion» for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, Eco's restless curiosity and encyclopedic knowledge are on dazzling display. On a more personal note, he also reveals his own ambitions and superstitions, his authorial anxieties and fears, letting readers into the private realms of his creative practice.
Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection exhibits the diversity of interests and originality of thought that have made Eco one of the world's literary giants.
416 printed pages
Original publication
2005
Publication year
2005
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Quotes

  • Talia Garzahas quotedlast year
    is made up of millions of new Chinese encyclopedias of Benevolent Knowledge whose totality is never achieved
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    one can entertain the idea that there is no universe in the organic, unifying sense that this ambitious word possesses
  • Talia Garzahas quotedlast year
    And it is this hurdle that defeats all Utopians who aspire to a universal language. But let us examine the conclusion Borges drew from this consideration

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