ON LITERATURE

Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. 6.25 X 1.25 X 9.25 inches. 352 pages. Signed by author bookplate pasted to half title page. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Lower corners slightly bumped

From Publisher:

In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious 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 luminous intelligence and encyclopedic knowledge are on dazzling display throughout. And when he reveals his own ambitions and superstitions, his authorial anxieties and fears, one feels like a secret sharer in the garden of literature to which he so often alludes.
Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that have made Eco one of the world's leading writers.

Product Info

ISBN: 0151008124

ISBN-13: 9780151008124

Publisher: Harcourt

Year: 2004

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Signed

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