And for the love of GOD, American media: report this man’s death! Foucault’s Pendulum was excellent even in translation. English reports of this shouldn’t just be on Twitter right now.
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And for the love of GOD, American media: report this man’s death! Foucault’s Pendulum was excellent even in translation. English reports of this shouldn’t just be on Twitter right now.
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RIP
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Foucault’s Pendulum was excellent. Not very *fun*, which is what I normally read fiction for, but it definately leaves a lasting impression. Highly recommend, but with a list of caveats.
I agree…Eco assumed his reader possessed a classical grounding. Given that classics have been defenestrated in our schools and universities, I’m not surprised that Eco’s writings would be too obscure and his death unremarked upon in an increasingly shallow and poorly read society.
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The Name of the Rose was an easier read, yet, as maddeningly complex.
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Did a quote from the Rose, “books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told” foreshadow Foucault’s Pendulum? Eco enjoyed word play, puns and jokes.
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You know, one thing about the internet making an interconnected world that I did not think about is that it would also make it a world-wide obituary column.
Silly me – the whole earth is already a sepulcher.
Thanatopsis – W.C. Bryant
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