Opis: Inventing the Enemy - Umberto Eco

A collection of timely essays by the internationally acclaimed and bestselling essayist, philosopher, literary critic and author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery. Inventing the Enemy covers a wide range of topics on which Umberto Eco has written and lectured over the last ten years, from the discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels - exploring lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world in the process - to a disquisition on the theme that runs through his most recent novel, The Prague Cemetery, that every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn't have one, must invent it. Eco's lively new collection examines topics as diverse as St Thomas Aquinas's notions about the soul of an unborn child, indignant reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, censorship, violence and Wikileaks. These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsessions by one of the world's most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, bestselling novelists. "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 "Thought provoking. nuanced, accessible prose. the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind and will undoubtedly bring pleasure to readers familiar with his worlds while enriching those willing to learn about them" Publisher's Weekly

Szczegóły: Inventing the Enemy - Umberto Eco

Tytuł: Inventing the Enemy
Autor: Umberto Eco
Producent: Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780099553946
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 240
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.23 kg

Recenzje: Inventing the Enemy - Umberto Eco