Originally posted by sonhouseTake it for sure, you'll not be disappointed.
On youse guys recommend, I got a copy, am going to start it tonite, I kind of distrusted the Davinsky clod all along, I think the Pendulum is a real book.
I've read it in its original version, that is, in italian.
I wish that the translated version to english do make honor to the original.
Real facts tied to fiction, thanks to the deep academic knowledge and awesome imagination of a master of the caliber of Umberto Eco.
A must read. Food for the mind.
Enjoy it!
- Julia
Originally posted by catfoodtimNo.
Which Umberto Eco book? I'm reading Baudolino now, and read a load of his semiotics stuff. Is it worth reading?
I'd stick to 'Faucoult's pendulum' (which is difficult to get into, but well worth the while) and "In the name of the rose" (which is also a brilliant film).
Originally posted by HindsteinFinish it though dude. It has the end to end all endings!
Umberto Eco is a writer and modern philosopher. He has written a handful of fiction books that are reasonably heavy going. The most well known was The Name Of The Rose, which was made into a film starring Sean Connery in the late 80's. I say it's heavy going, but it is an excellent read if you can get past his method of story telling - for example, he d ...[text shortened]... ding. I can't believe that people are taking The Da Vinci Code seriously though - why???
Originally posted by shavixmirI agree and concur with this endorsement.
Absolute crap.
No character development, no differentiation of plot and certainly no dialogues worth mentioning.
In fact, the whole story heads towards one point and doesn't even attempt to deviate.
PLUS, and this is what really pissed me off, is that the epilogue contradicts the point of the story.
PURE AND UTTERLY PATHETIC.
And the writer ...[text shortened]... ter AND with one of the best endings ever written, read Umberto Eco's Faucoult's Pendulum.
Umberto Eco is excellent.
Focault's Pendulum is exceptionally so.
Originally posted by SuzianneI am currently reading "Kant and the Platypus" by Eco, it's a collection of essays on philosophy and language. It's incredibly complex but also very enticing.
I agree and concur with this endorsement.
Umberto Eco is excellent.
Focault's Pendulum is exceptionally so.
Originally posted by StarrmanI love the way he uses words like a master chef creating a banquet.
I am currently reading "Kant and the Platypus" by Eco, it's a collection of essays on philosophy and language. It's incredibly complex but also very enticing.
You leave quite sated, and yet glad you came to the table. 🙂