Inventing the Enemy (häftad)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
240
Utgivningsdatum
2013-09-05
Förlag
Vintage
Översättare
Richard Dixon
Originalspråk
Italian
Dimensioner
198 x 130 x 17 mm
Vikt
229 g
ISBN
9780099553946

Du kanske gillar

Inventing the Enemy (häftad)

Inventing the Enemy

av Umberto Eco
Häftad Engelska, 2013-09-05
117
Köp
Spara som favorit
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar.
Gratis frakt inom Sverige över 159 kr för privatpersoner.
Finns även som
Visa alla 2 format & utgåvor
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 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.
Visa hela texten

Passar bra ihop

  1. Inventing the Enemy
  2. +
  3. Five Moral Pieces

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Five Moral Pieces av Umberto Eco (häftad).

Köp båda 2 för 246 kr

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av Umberto Eco

Visa alla böcker av Umberto Eco »

Recensioner i media

Whether discussing the relationship between our knowledge and God, abortion, stem cells, embryos, the right to life, or reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, this collection gleams with clarity, depth and wisdom * The Good Book Guide * For the sheer depth and clarity of his learning and wisdom, Eco has no living rival * Harpers Baazar * [A] philosophical football match that encompasses myth, literature and history... Discursive, grandiose, witty stuff from the quintessential savvy professor * Monocle * Eco's greatest virtue might be said to lie in his ability to clarify the exact nature of our present perplexities...lucid, logical and always firmly on the side of civilisation * TLS * Eco's writing has a unique ability to dance on the page and to resonate in the mind * Daily Telegraph *

Övrig information

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.