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Inventing the Enemy - by Umberto Eco (Paperback)

Inventing the Enemy - by  Umberto Eco (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A collection of timely essays written over the last ten years by Umberto Eco, internationally acclaimed and best-selling author.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"Underscores the writer's profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes . . . Eco's pleasure in such explorations is obvious and contagious." -- <i>Booklist</i><br><i><br>Inventing the Enemy</i> covers a wide range of topics on which Eco has written and lectured over the past ten years: from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel <i>The Prague Cemetery</i> -- every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn't have one, must invent it -- to a discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels (and in the process he takes us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world); from indignant reviews of James Joyce's <i>Ulysses </i>by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas's notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship and violence and WikiLeaks. <p/>These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession by one of the world's most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. <p/>"True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human." -- <i>Buffalo News</i> <p/>"Thought provoking . . . nuanced . . . the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind." --<i> Publishers Weekly</i><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Underscores the writer s profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes . . . Eco s pleasure in such explorations is obvious and contagious. <i>Booklist</i><br><i><br>Inventing the Enemy</i> covers a wide range of topics on which Eco has written and lectured over the past ten years: from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel <i>The Prague Cemetery</i> every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn t have one, must invent it to a discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels, taking us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world; from indignant reviews of James Joyce s <i>Ulysses </i>by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas s notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship and violence and WikiLeaks. <br>These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession by one of the world s most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. <p> True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human. <i>Buffalo News</i> <br>"Thought provoking . . . nuanced . . . the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind." <i> Publishers Weekly</i> <br>[AU PHOTO] UMBERTO ECO is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the best-selling novels <i>The Prague Cemetery</i>, <i>The Name of the Ros</i>e, and <i>Foucault s Pendulum</i> and many collections of essays. A semiotician, philosopher, medievalist, and for many years a professor at the University of Bologna, Eco is now president of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici there. He lives in Milan. <p><br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>UMBERTO ECO is the author of <i>The Prague Cemetery</i>, <i>The Name of the Rose, </i> and numerous collections of essays. Formerly a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, he is now president of the Scuola Superiore de Studi Umanistici in Bologna.

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