Inventing the enemy and other occasional writings

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Inventing the enemy and other occasional writings

Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon

(A Vintage book)

Vintage Books, 2013

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Inventing the enemy : essays on everything

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"First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Harvill Secker"--T.p. verso

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Description

The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco's perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics. Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

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  • NCID
    BB17155126
  • ISBN
    • 9780099553946
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ita
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 222 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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