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Baudolinoby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156029065 (0-15-602906-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baudolino'Book summary:The most playful of historical novelists, Umberto Eco has absorbed the real lesson of history: that there is no such thing as the absolute truth. In Baudolino, he hands his narrative to an Italian peasant who has managed, through good luck and a clever tongue, to become the adopted son of the Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, and a minister of his court in the closing years of the 12th century. Baudolino's other gift is for spontaneous but convincing lies, and so his unfolding tale--as recounted in 1204 to a nobleman of Constantinople, while the fires of the Fourth Crusade rage around them--exemplifies the Cretan Liar's Paradox: He can't be believed. Why not, then, make his story as outrageous as possible? In the course of his picaresque tale, Baudolino manages to touch on nearly every major theme, conflict, and boondoggle of the Middle Ages: the Crusades; the troubadours; the legend of the Holy Grail; the rise of the cathedral cities; the position of Jews; the market in relics; the local rivalries that made Italy so vulnerable to outside attack; and the perennial power struggles between the pope and the emperor. With the help of alcohol and a mysterious Moorish concoction called "green honey," Baudolino and his ragtag friends engage in typical scholastic debates of the period, trying to determine the dimensions of Solomon's Temple and the location of the Earthly Paradise. And when the Emperor needs support in his claims for saintly lineage, who but Baudolino can craft the perfect letter of homage from the legendary Prester John, Holy (and wholly fictitious) Christian King of the East? A giddy and exasperating romp, Baudolino will draw you into its labyrinthine inventions and half-truths, even if you know better. --Regina Marler [via]
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- Baudolino: ISBN 0151006903 (0-15-100690-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Baudolino: ISBN 8497592344 (84-9759-234-4)
Softcover, Debolsillo - Baudolino: ISBN 8497598385 (84-9759-838-5)
Hardcover, Debolsillo - Baudolino: ISBN 8426413099 (84-264-1309-9)
Hardcover, Random House Mondadori - Baudolino: ISBN 8845247368 (88-452-4736-8)
Hardcover, Distribooks Inc - Baudolino: ISBN 0156029065 (0-15-602906-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
- Baudolino: ISBN 0151006903 (0-15-100690-3)
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Candida Hofer Librariesby Candida HoferISBN 3829601867 (3-8296-0186-7)
Hardcover, Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gmbh
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candida Hofer Libraries'Book summary:For almost 30 years Candida Höfer has photographed interiors, mostly representational spaces accessible to the public, such as staircases, lobbies, reading halls or exhibition spaces. Rather than staging them, she takes their picture in the state she finds them, with great discreetness and a touch of humour.
Libraries are a book producers dream. Since nobody photographs libraries as beautifully as Höfer, it seemed only natural for Schirmer/Mosel to dedicate her next publication to the splendid and intimate cathedrals of knowledge across Europe and the US: the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum in New York, Villa Medici in Rome, the Hamburg University library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, the Museo Archeologico in Madrid, and Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, to name just a few. Almost completely devoid of people, as is Candida Höfers trademark, these pictures radiate a comforting serenity that is exceptional in contemporary photography. [via]
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El Nombre De La Rosaby Umberto EcoISBN 9685959242 (968-5959-24-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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El nombre de la rosa / The Name of the Roseby Umberto EcoISBN 8497592581 (84-9759-258-1)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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El pendulo de foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 9872060940 (987-20609-4-0)
Softcover, Sudamericana
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El pendulo de foucault/Foucault's Pendulumby Umberto Eco, Ricardo Pochtar, Helena Lozano MirallesISBN 8497592670 (84-9759-267-0)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El pendulo de foucault/Foucault's Pendulum'Book summary:En un primer momento dicha relación se mantiene estrictamente profesional, pero poco apoco van estrechándose los lazos. Editores y autores inventan juntos, por puro juego, un complejo «plan», urdido supuestamente por los templarios siete siglos atrás. Pero alguien toma demasiado en serio el juego, y todos ellos se verán inmersos en una inquietante pesadilla. [via]
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Faith in Fakes: Essaysby Umberto EcoISBN 0436140888 (0-436-14088-8)
Hardcover, Secker and Warburg
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Foucault's Pendulumby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 015603297X (0-15-603297-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foucault's Pendulum'Book summary:as brilliant and quirky as the name of the rose, as mischievous and wide-raning....a virtuoso performance."the san francisco chroniclethree clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over....here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything umberto eco--or indeed anyone--has ever devised [via]
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- Foucault's Pendulum: ISBN 0345368754 (0-345-36875-4)
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Hardcover, Harcourt - Foucault's Pendulum: ISBN 0345418271 (0-345-41827-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - Foucault's Pendulum: ISBN 0436140969 (0-436-14096-9)
Hardcover, Secker & Warburg - Foucault's Pendulum: ISBN 015603297X (0-15-603297-X)
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- Foucault's Pendulum: ISBN 0345368754 (0-345-36875-4)
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History Of Beautyby Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwenISBN 0847826465 (0-8478-2646-5)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History Of Beauty'Book summary:Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it also has a lot to do with the beholder's cultural standards. In History of Beauty, renowned author Umberto Eco sets out to demonstrate how every historical era has had its own ideas about eye-appeal. Pages of charts that track archetypes of beauty through the ages ("nude Venus," "nude Adonis," and so forth) may suggest that this book is a historical survey of beautiful people portrayed in art. But History of Beauty is really about the history of philosophical and perceptual notions of perfection and how they have been applied to ideas and objects, as well as to the human body. This survey ranges over such themes as the mathematics of ideal proportions, the problem of representing ugliness, the fascination of the exotic and art for art's sake. Along the way, the text examines the intersection of standards of beauty with Christian belief, notions of the Sublime, the philosophies of Kant and Hegel, and bourgeois culture. More than 300 illustrations trace the history of Western art as it relates, in the broadest sense, to the topic of beauty.
Yet despite its wealth of information, History of Beauty is an odd and unsatisfying book. Beginning with ancient Greece and ending with a too-brief chapter on "The Beauty of the Media," the text focuses exclusively (and unapologetically) on the Western world. Ultimately, it seems that "beauty" serves simply as a sexy peg on which to hang an abbreviated history of Western culture. Readers expecting a sophisticated treatment of the subject will be surprised at the textbook-like design, with numbered sections and boldfaced words keyed to small-type excerpts from writings by thinkers ranging from Boethius to Barthes. The main narrative (or perhaps the translation from the Italian?) can be ponderous and awkward. Only nine of the 17 chapters were written by Eco; the remainder are by lesser-known Italian novelist Girolamo de Michele. All in all, it looks as though someone had the bright idea of translating a textbook for Italian students into English, hoping to coast on the fame of Eco's name. --Cathy Curtis [via]More editions of History Of Beauty:
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How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essaysby Umberto Eco, William Weaver, Diane SterlingISBN 015600125X (0-15-600125-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays'Book summary:By the author of "The Name of the Rose", this collection of essays offers advice on a wide range of unusual subjects - how to recognize a porno film, how to take an intelligent holiday, how not to talk about football, how to protect oneself from widows - as well as discussing weightier matters of history, politics, economics, literature and philosophy, in such pieces as "On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1" and "Three Owls on a Chest of Drawers". [via]
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Il Nome Della Rosaby Umberto EcoISBN 8845207056 (88-452-0705-6)
Hardcover, Bompiani
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Nome Della Rosa'Book summary:"II libro più intelligente - ma anche il più divertente - di questi ultimi anni."Lars Gustafsson, Der Spicgel"II libro è così ricco che permette tutti i livelli di lettura ... Eco, ancora bravo!"Robert Maggiori, Libération"Brio e ironia. Eco è andato a scuola dai migliori modelli".Richard Ellmann, The New York Review of Books"Precisamente il genere di libro che, se fossi un milionario, comanderei su misura".Punch"Quando Baskerville e Adso entrarono nella stanza murata allo scoccare della mezzanotte e all'ultima parola del capitolo, ho sentito, anche se è fuori moda, un caratteristico sobbalzo al cuore."Nicholas Shrimplon, The Sunday Times"È riuscito a scrivere un libro che si legge tutto d'un fiato, accattivante, comico, inatteso ..."Mario Fusco, Le Monde"È un tipo di libro che ci trasforma, che sostituisce la nostra realtà con la sua ... ci presenta un mondo nuovo nella tradizione di Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Melville, Dostoevskij, lo stesso Joyce e Garda Miirquez."Kenneth Atchity, Los Angeles Times"Mi rallegro e tutto il mondo delle lettere si rallegrerà con me, che si possa diventare best seller contro i pronostici cibernetici, e che un'opera di letteratura genuina possa soppiantare il ciarpame ... L'alta qualità e il successo non si escludono a vicenda."Anthony Burgess, The Observer [via]
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Il Pendolo Di Foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 884524749X (88-452-4749-X)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Pendolo Di Foucault'Book summary:...questo romanzo magico sulla magia, questo romanzo misterioso sul segreto e sulla creatività della finzione, questo romanzo tumultuoso, questo romanzo luminoso su un mondo sotterraneo...Jacques Le Goff, L'espresso [via]
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Isla Del Dia De Antes: Laura EsquivelISBN 8426412386 (84-264-1238-6)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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The Island of the Day Beforeby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156030373 (0-15-603037-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island of the Day Before'Book summary:In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessels mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his eras obsession with science and navigation. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of The Island of the Day Before:
- The Island of the Day Before: ISBN 0151001510 (0-15-100151-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Island of the Day Before: ISBN 0151001960 (0-15-100196-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt - The Island of the Day Before: ISBN 0140259198 (0-14-025919-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Island of the Day Before: ISBN 0156030373 (0-15-603037-3)
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- The Island of the Day Before: ISBN 0151001510 (0-15-100151-0)
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Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognitionby Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwenISBN 015601159X (0-15-601159-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition'Book summary:Describing Umberto Eco as a writer is like describing the platypus as an animal. What do readers expect when they see the author's name on a book jacket? It's a tricky question to answer, given his range and versatility: he has produced studies of semiotics, children's books, medieval history, essays on contemporary culture, and, of course, novels--most notably The Name of the Rose and The Island of the Day Before. So first, a word of warning. Anyone familiar with Eco the novelist or essayist might well be dismayed by Kant and the Platypus, for this new book returns to his preoccupations of the 1960s and 1970s--to semiotics and cognitive semantics. As such, it can be a daunting volume (the initial chapter, for example, riffs on the numerous philosophical concepts of being). And second, a word of encouragement: this is a wonderful engagement with the issues of language itself. Even as he beckons the reader into one linguistic thicket after another, Eco always keeps a commonsensical perspective, using stories to explicate the knottiest concepts.
Why did Marco Polo describe the rhinoceros as a type of unicorn? Why couldn't 18th-century observers figure out how to classify the duck-billed platypus? Given a dictionary or encyclopedia definition of a mouse, how easy would it be to identify one if we had never seen one before? These are some of the examples that Eco uses to explore the ways in which we see and describe the world--the ways, that is, in which cultures develop taxonomies. If you want to know "why we can tell an elephant from an armadillo," or why mirrors do not in fact reverse images, this book will tell you. In fact, it will also tell you why you know what I am talking about when I say "this book." Got it? No? Then get it. --Burhan Tufail [via]
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Key to the Name of the Roseby Adele HaftISBN 0943119006 (0-943119-00-6)
Softcover, Ampersand Assoc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Key to the Name of the Rose'Book summary:Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose is a brilliant mystery set in a fictitious medieval monastery. The text is rich with literary, historical, and theoretical references that make it eminently re-readable. The Key makes each reading fuller and more meaningful by helping the interested reader not merely to read but also to understand Eco's masterful work. Inspired by pleas from friends and strangers, the authors, each trained in Classics, undertook to translate and explain the Latin phrases that pepper the story. They have produced an approachable, informative guide to the book and its setting--the middle ages. The Key includes an introduction to the book, the middle ages, Umberto Eco, and philosophical and literary theories; a useful chronology; and reference notes to historical people and events.The clear explanations of the historical setting and players will be useful to anyone interested in a general introduction to medieval history.Adele J. Haft is Associate Professor of Classics, Hunter College, City University of New York. Jane G. White is chair of the Department of Languages, Dwight Englewood School. Robert J. White is Professor of Classics and Oriental Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York.[via]More editions of Key to the Name of the Rose:
The Key to the Name of the Rose: Including Translations of All Non-English Passagesby Robert J. White, Jane G. White, Adele J. HaftISBN 0472086219 (0-472-08621-9)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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L'Isola Del Giorno Primaby Umberto EcoISBN 8845246442 (88-452-4644-2)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L'Isola Del Giorno Prima'Book summary:Nell'estate del 1643 un giovane piemontese naufraga, nei mari del sud, su di una nave deserta. Di fronte a lui un'Isola che non può raggiungere. Intorno a lui un ambiente apparentemente accogliente. Solo, su un mare sconosciuto, Roberto de la Grive vede per la prima volta in vita sua cieli, acque, uccelli, piante, pesci e coralli che non sa come nominare. Scrive lettere d'amore, attraverso le quali si indovina la sua storia: una lenta e traumatica iniziazione al mondo secentesco della nuova scienza, della ragion di stato, di un cosmo in cui la terra non è più al centro dell'universo. Roberto vive la sua vicenda tutta giocata sulla memoria e sull'attesa di approdare a un'Isola che non è lontana solo nello spazio, ma anche nel tempo. [via]
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The Limits of Interpretationby Umberto EcoISBN 0253208696 (0-253-20869-6)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Limits of Interpretation'Book summary:In this new collection of essays, Eco focuses on what he calls the limits of interpretation, or, as he once noted in another context, "the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation". Readers of Eco's other work will find here all the ingredients with which they have become familiar--vast learning, an agile and exciting mind, good humor and a brilliance of insight. [via]
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The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolismby I.A. Richards, C.K. OgdenISBN 0156584468 (0-15-658446-8)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanaby Umberto Eco, Geoffrey BrockISBN 0156030438 (0-15-603043-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana'Book summary:Yambo, a sixtyish rare-book dealer who lives in Milan, has suffered a loss of memory-he can remember the plot of every book he has ever read, every line of poetry, but he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, and remembers nothing about his parents or his childhood. In an effort to retrieve his past, he withdraws to the family home somewhere in the hills between Milan and Turin.There, in the sprawling attic, he searches through boxes of old newspapers, comics, records, photo albums, and adolescent diaries. And so Yambo relives the story of his generation: Mussolini, Catholic education and guilt, Josephine Baker, Flash Gordon, Fred Astaire. His memories run wild, and the life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novel. Yambo struggles through the frames to capture one simple, innocent image: that of his first love. A fascinating, abundant new novel-wide-ranging, nostalgic, funny, full of heart-from the incomparable Eco. [via]
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto EcoISBN 1417706112 (1-4177-0611-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Name Of The Rose'Book summary:"A brilliantly conceived adventure into another time" (San Francisco Chronicle) by critically acclaimed author Umberto Eco. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns to the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, and the empirical insights of Roger Bacon to find the killer. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey ("where the most interesting things happen at night") armed with a wry sense of humor and a ferocious curiosity. [via]
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- The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0156001314 (0-15-600131-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books - The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0151446474 (0-15-144647-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt - The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0307264890 (0-307-26489-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0446357200 (0-446-35720-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub - The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0816136955 (0-8161-3695-5)
Softcover, G.K. Hall - The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0517448424 (0-517-44842-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - The Name of the Rose: ISBN 0816136637 (0-8161-3663-7)
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Naming the Rose: Eco, Medieval Signs, and Modern Theoryby Theresa ColettiISBN 0801496233 (0-8014-9623-3)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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On Literatureby Umberto Eco, Martin McLaughlinISBN 0156032392 (0-15-603239-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Literature'Book summary: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.[via]
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.More editions of On Literature:
The Paris Review Book of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, the Art of Writing, and Everything Else in the World since 1953by Paris Review, George PlimptonISBN 0312422393 (0-312-42239-3)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Paris Review Book of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, the Art of Writing, and Everything Else in the World since 1953'Book summary:An exciting new anthology from the journal Time magazine called the biggest little magazine in history. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the venerable Paris Review, Picador is proud to publish a unique anthology based on the themes of modern life. Like the work of the writers included, this book will inspire a dizzying range of thought and emotion, serving as a cumulative and breathtaking mirror to the world we live in.[via]
To appear:
Jack Kerouac
Norman Mailer
Louise Erdrich
Jonathan Franzen
Gabriel García Márquez
William Burroughs
Denis Johnson
David Foster Wallace
Raymond Carver
Italo Calvino
Grace Paley
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Hardcover, Picador USA - The Paris Review Book of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, the Art of Writing, and Everything Else in the World since 1953: ISBN 0312422393 (0-312-42239-3)
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The Plot: The Secret Story Of The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zionby Umberto Eco, Will EisnerISBN 0393060454 (0-393-06045-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plot: The Secret Story Of The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion'Book summary:A work more disturbing than fiction from "the father of graphic novels" (The New York Times). "The ultimate illustration of how absurdly comical and cancerous The Protocols has been to mankind."Thane Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Times Book Review
The Plot, which examines the astonishing conspiracy and the fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has become a worldwide phenomenon since its hardcover publication, taught in classrooms around the globe. Purported to be the actual blueprints by Jewish leaders to take over the world, the Protocols, first published in 1902, have become gospel truth to international millions. Presenting a pageant of historical figures from nineteenth-century Russia to today's ideologues, including Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler, Will Eisner unravels and dispels one of the most devastating hoaxes of the twentieth century. [via]More editions of The Plot: The Secret Story Of The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion:
The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zionby Will Eisner, Umberto EcoISBN 0393328600 (0-393-32860-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Postmodern American Fictionby Andrew Levy, Fred G. Leebron, Paula GeyhISBN 039331698X (0-393-31698-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Postmodern American Fiction'Book summary:From William S. Burroughs to David Foster Wallace, Postmodern American Fiction offers up witty, risky, exhilarating, groundbreaking fiction from five decades of postwar American life.
It includes works by sixty-eight authors: short fiction, novels, cartoons, graphics, hypertexts, creative nonfiction, and theoretical writings. This is the first anthology to do full justice to the vast range of American innovation in fiction writing since 1945. [via]More editions of Postmodern American Fiction:
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Serendipities: Language & Lunacyby Umberto EcoISBN 0156007517 (0-15-600751-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Serendipities: Language & Lunacy'Book summary:The multitalented Umberto Eco--novelist, critic, and literary theorist--turns his attention to the history of linguistics. In linguistics, as in the other sciences, Eco explains, there are serendipities: "Even the most lunatic experiments can produce strange side effects, stimulating research that proves perhaps less amusing but scientifically more serious." In his earlier book The Search for the Perfect Language, for example, he discussed the project of discovering the language spoken before the collapse of the Tower of Babel. Although misconceived, the project by chance led to advances in mathematical logic, artificial intelligence, and even world peace--the goal of artificial languages like Esperanto and the unfortunately named Volapük. In the five essays in Serendipities, Eco explores some related serendipitous episodes in the history of linguistics; as always, his characteristic blend of playfulness and erudition is bound to be irresistible to any lover of language.
The first essay, "The Force of Falsity," discusses false documents with momentous repercussions, such as the letter of Prester John, which encouraged European explorers and conquerors to seek its supposed author, the Christian ruler of a distant and fantastically wealthy land. In the second essay, Eco considers Dante's relation to the idea of the perfect language. The third essay discusses early misinterpretations of Egyptian, Chinese, and Mexican ideograms. The Jesuit savant Athanasius Kircher, for example, devoted page upon page to mystical interpretations of a hieroglyph that later turned out to represent nothing more profound than the Greek letter lambda. The remaining two essays are devoted to single authors: "The Language of the Austral Land" concerns Gabriel de Foigny's instructive parody of contemporary attempts to devise the perfect language, while "The Linguistics of Joseph de Maistre" endeavors, with indifferent success, to make sense of the counterrevolutionary Savoyard's musings on the nature of language. --Glenn Branch [via]
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woodsby Umberto EcoISBN 0674810511 (0-674-81051-1)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Walks in the Fictional Woods'Book summary:In this exhilarating book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.
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Travels in Hyperreality: Essaysby Umberto EcoISBN 0156913216 (0-15-691321-6)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels in Hyperreality: Essays'Book summary:Eco displays in these essays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucaults Pendulum. His range is wide, and his insights are acute, frequently ironic, and often downright funny. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of Travels in Hyperreality: Essays:
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Baudolinoby Umberto EcoISBN 8426414486 (84-264-1448-6)
Hardcover, Lumen Editorial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baudolino'Book summary:Umberto Eco regresa a la Edad Media con una fascinante historia donde se confunden y entremezclan hazañas prodigiosas e inverosímiles, propias de los libros de caballerías, con andanzas y viajes a países remotos y escenarios desconocidos, un vasto fresco narrativo en el que se conjugan elementos de la novela histórica con otros propios del relato de intriga, de aventuras o del género policíaco.
En una zona del bajo Piamonte donde, años después, surgirá Alejandría, Baudolino, un pequeño campesino, fantasioso y embustero, conquista a Federico Barbarroja y se convierte en su hijo adoptivo. Baudolino fabula e inventa, pero, casi milagrosamente, todo aquello que imagina genera Historia. Así, entre otras cosas, crea la mítica carta del Preste Juan, que prometía a Occidente un reino fabuloso, en el lejano Oriente, gobernado por un rey cristiano, una carta que ha nutrido la imaginación de muchos viajeros posteriores, entre los que se cuenta Marco Polo. Baudolino crece, nace Alejandría y, años más tarde, empujado por la invención de Baudolino, Federico emprende un viaje, con el pretexto de hacer una cruzada, para restituir al Preste Juan la más preciosa reliquia de la cristiandad, el Santo Grial. Federico morirá durante el viaje -en circunstancias misteriosas que sólo Baudolino nos revelará-, pero su ahijado continuará el viaje hacia aquel reino lejano, entre los monstruos que han habitado los bestiarios del medioevo, vicisitudes llenas de magia y hechizos durante las que vivirá un delicado episodio amoroso con la más singular de las hijas de Eva. Narrada a Nicetas Coniates, historiador bizantino, mientras Constantinopla arde saqueada por los cruzados, la historia nos reserva aún algunas sorpresas, puesto que, hablando con Nicetas, Baudolino comprende cosas que no había entendido todavía y de las que se deriva un final verdaderamente inesperado. [via]More editions of Baudolino:
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Historia De La Bellezaby Umberto Eco, Maria Pons TrazazabalISBN 0307391051 (0-307-39105-1)
Hardcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Historia De La Belleza'Book summary:Umberto Eco nos comenta la Historia de la Belleza, en un libro profusamente ilustrado, desde la noche de los tiempos hasta nuestros días.
¿Qué es la belleza? ¿cómo nació ese concepto? ¿cómo ha evolucionado a lo largo de los siglos? ¿quiénes fueron sus inventores?. A estas y otras muchas preguntas contesta Umberto Eco con su habitual erudición, pero también en un tono didáctico y ameno, asequible a todos los lectores. El libro, además, va acompañado de extraordinarias ilustraciones que dan luz a las palabras de Eco: reproducciones de pinturas y esculturas, el testimonio de la evolución de la belleza a través de los siglos. Eco escribe además según las teorías comparatistas y sugiere concomitancias entre los grandes maestros de distintas épocas, así Piero dell Francesca con Paul Klee. Este libro, de formato especial, es una verdadera joya, un texto imprescindible en cualquier biblioteca.
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Historia de la Belleza / The History of Beautyby Umberto EcoISBN 8426414680 (84-264-1468-0)
Hardcover, Random House Mondadori
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La Isla Del Dia De Antesby Umberto Eco, Random House MondadoriISBN 8497593847 (84-9759-384-7)
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La Isla Del Dia De Antes/ the Previous Day Islandby Umberto EcoISBN 8426414397 (84-264-1439-7)
Hardcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Isla Del Dia De Antes/ the Previous Day Island'Book summary:Tras el éxito de El nombre de la rosa y El péndulo de Foucault , Umberto Eco vuelve a la novela para contarnos la historia de Roberto de la Grive, un joven piamontés que en el verano de 1963 llega como náufrago a una nave abandonada en los Mares del Sur, y en la embarcación solo encuentra animales desconocidos y extrañas máquinas. Confinado en este exiguo espacio, Roberto nos pone al corriente de su pasado y nos lleva hasta la época renacentista para hacernos partícipes de duelos y lances amorosos, de especulaciones intelectuales entorno a los cálculos que falicitaron en aquel entonces la navegación y los artilugios que permitieron al hombre ir avanzando en el descubrimiento de tierras lejanas. Novela filosófica y a la vez de aventuras, La isla del día de antes se suma felizmente a la gran tradición de Swift y Voltaire para indagar con el poder de la imaginación los fallos y pecados de nuestra realidad. [via]
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Kant Y El Ornitorrincoby Umberto EcoISBN 8426412653 (84-264-1265-3)
Softcover, Lumen Editorial
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La Misteriosa Llama De La Reina Loanaby Umberto Eco, Helena Lozano MirallesISBN 0307350029 (0-307-35002-9)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Misteriosa Llama De La Reina Loana'Book summary:Es triste despertarte una mañana en una cama de hospital y ser incapaz de reconocer a tu mujer y a tus hijos, abrir los ojos y no recordar cuál es tu profesión, ni dónde vives o cuáles son tus gustos a la hora de comer y beber. Esa es la desconcertante realidad de Giambattista Bodoni, Yambo para los amigos, un hombre de sesenta años que, tras sufrir un accidente, ha perdido por completo la memoria personal, la más ligada a las emociones, y en cambio conserva intacta la memoria histórica, así que sabe muy bien quién es Napoleón, pero ve su propia vida como si acabara de inaugurarla.
Para ayudarle en el proceso de recuperación, su esposa Paola insiste en que pase una temporada en el caserón de Solara, un pueblo en las colinas piamontesas. Ahí Yambo vivió su infancia, y en el desván están guardados los libros, los tebeos, los discos, los recortes de periódico y los carteles de las películas que lo acompañaron en los primeros años de su vida. Inicia así una labor casi detectivesca para reencontrarse con el pasado a través de estos objetos, que para él no son recuerdos sino hipótesis de trabajo, cosas nuevas que le hablan de un mundo que fue el suyo y el de todas las personas que vivieron en primera persona los momentos más importantes de la historia del siglo XX. Las fotos de Mussolini se juntan con las imágenes de Flash Gordon y Mandrake, Salgari le da la mano al ratón Mickey, y los negros uniformes de las juventudes fascistas se mezclan con las redacciones escolares de ese niño que fue Yambo, mientras el rostro de una mujer amada y el recuerdo de un crimen atroz asoman en la niebla. [via]More editions of La Misteriosa Llama De La Reina Loana:
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La Misteriosa Llama De La Reina Loana / The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loanaby Humberto EcoISBN 9685958130 (968-5958-13-0)
Softcover, Lumen Editorial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Misteriosa Llama De La Reina Loana / The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana'Book summary:La misteriosa llama de la Reina Loana / Umberto Ecco. Editorial Lumen. Primera edicion Febrero 2005. Colombia, Edicion Limitada [via]
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El Nombre De La Rosaby Umberto Eco, Ricardo PochtarISBN 8426411487 (84-264-1148-7)
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El pendulo de foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 8484502058 (84-8450-205-8)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Baudolinoby Umberto EcoISBN 8845251950 (88-452-5195-0)
Softcover, Fabbri - RCS Libri
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baudolino'Book summary:In quella zona del basso Piemonte dove, anni dopo, sorgerà Alessandria, Baudolino, un piccolo contadino fantasioso e bugiardo, conquista Federico Barbarossa e ne diventa figlio adottivo. Baudolino affabula e inventa ma, quasi per miracolo, tutto quello che immagina produce Storia. Così, tra le altre cose, costruisce la mitica lettera del Prete Gianni, che prometteva all'Occidente un regno favoloso, nel lontano Oriente, governato da un re cristiano, che ha mosso la fantasia di molti viaggiatori successivi, compreso Marco Polo. Baudolino cresce, Alessandria nasce e, anni dopo, spinto dall'invenzione di Baudolino, Federico parte, col pretesto di una crociata, per andare a riconsegnare al Prete Gianni la più preziosa reliquia della cristianità. Morirà lungo il viaggio, in circostanze misteriose che solo Baudolino ci svela, ma il suo figlioccio continuerà il viaggio verso quel regno lontano, tra i mostri che hanno abitato i bestiari del Medio Evo, vicende mirabolanti, e una delicata vicenda d'amore con la più singolare fra tutte le figlie di Eva. Raccontata a Niceta Coniate, storico bizantino, mentre Costantinopoli brucia e i crociati la saccheggiano, la storia riserva ancora alcune sorprese perché, parlando con Niceta, Baudolino comprende cose che non aveva ancora capito, da cui un finale veramente inatteso. Avventura picaresca, romanzo storico in cui emergono in germe i problemi dell'Italia contemporanea, storia di un delitto impossibile, racconto fantastico, teatro di invenzioni linguistiche esilaranti, questo libro celebra la forza del mito e dell'utopia. [via]
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Il Nome Della Rosaby Umberto EcoISBN 8845246345 (88-452-4634-5)
Softcover, Rl Libri
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Nome Della Rosa'Book summary:"II libro più intelligente - ma anche il più divertente - di questi ultimi anni."Lars Gustafsson, Der Spicgel"II libro è così ricco che permette tutti i livelli di lettura ... Eco, ancora bravo!"Robert Maggiori, Libération"Brio e ironia. Eco è andato a scuola dai migliori modelli".Richard Ellmann, The New York Review of Books"Precisamente il genere di libro che, se fossi un milionario, comanderei su misura".Punch"Quando Baskerville e Adso entrarono nella stanza murata allo scoccare della mezzanotte e all'ultima parola del capitolo, ho sentito, anche se è fuori moda, un caratteristico sobbalzo al cuore."Nicholas Shrimplon, The Sunday Times"È riuscito a scrivere un libro che si legge tutto d'un fiato, accattivante, comico, inatteso ..."Mario Fusco, Le Monde"È un tipo di libro che ci trasforma, che sostituisce la nostra realtà con la sua ... ci presenta un mondo nuovo nella tradizione di Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Melville, Dostoevskij, lo stesso Joyce e Garda Miirquez."Kenneth Atchity, Los Angeles Times"Mi rallegro e tutto il mondo delle lettere si rallegrerà con me, che si possa diventare best seller contro i pronostici cibernetici, e che un'opera di letteratura genuina possa soppiantare il ciarpame ... L'alta qualità e il successo non si escludono a vicenda."Anthony Burgess, The Observer [via]
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Il Pendolo Di Foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 8845215911 (88-452-1591-1)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Pendolo Di Foucault'Book summary:...questo romanzo magico sulla magia, questo romanzo misterioso sul segreto e sulla creatività della finzione, questo romanzo tumultuoso, questo romanzo luminoso su un mondo sotterraneo...Jacques Le Goff, L'espresso [via]
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L'Isola Del Giorno Primaby Umberto EcoISBN 8845228134 (88-452-2813-4)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Kant E L'ornitorincoby Umberto EcoISBN 8845228681 (88-452-2868-1)
Hardcover, Bompiani
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La Misteriosa Fiamma Della Regina Loana: Romanzo Illustratoby Umberto EcoISBN 8845214257 (88-452-1425-7)
Hardcover, Bompiani
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Storia Della Bellezzaby Umberto EcoISBN 8845232492 (88-452-3249-2)
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Sulla Letteraturaby Umberto EcoISBN 8845250695 (88-452-5069-5)
Hardcover, Bompiani
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