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Umberto Eco: Foucault's Pendulum
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abecedarian
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CDA said:
I think I will move on for now, although I think I'll give Ecco another try eventually. I'll definately try Name of the Rose, and remember Novella's neat term
Sar
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After seeing this book recommended here many times over, I finally got round to finishing it yesterday.
Must confess I did initially find the climax to the book to be really disappointing & the end even more so, but thinking about it I like that it is so open to individual interpretation what exactly did happen.
Must confess I did initially find the climax to the book to be really disappointing & the end even more so, but thinking about it I like that it is so open to individual interpretation what exactly did happen.
I did find myself wondering the same as Kasuta about whether Casaubon was delusional, or if it was a case of the diabolicals believing The Plan so much it became a self fulfilling prophecy & each took on the role the three had given them when drawing up the plan - that explains so many random people Casaubon had met being implicated. Whilst I would have loved to know if Agilie was the Comte de Saint-Germain with hindsight I love the fact it is left to us to figure out
It's a beautiful book. Some passages read as if they were written by some divine hand. I can't remember specifics as it's been a while, but one about two Italian generals from opposing milita sides meeting and their mutal respect - that's the most moved I've been by a book, ever. It's not especially laying emotion into it, but it's one of those scenes that when you read, you visualise through a filter that makes every colour so striking, and every facial expression say a thousand thoughts. I dunno. I love it, but I want Eco to write a pure storybook, not trying to show off his intelligence (I doubt he does this on purpose though) and see what he comes up with.
Oh totally. I don't hold it against him - it's what makes his books so unique, as well. But it would be great if we got something like Name of the Rose again, which was just so full of great ideas and characters. Sometimes Foucault's Pendulum got a little bogged down with its own ambition - which, by the way, is perfect, considering the subject matter – but on other projects I think he'd do well to show some restraint. If any of that makes sense...
abecedarian
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Harcourt is reissuing Foucault's Pendulum in trade paperback in March 2007. Don't know if this will be a North American only release or not. Too lazy to check amazon.co.uk
Wow! What absolutely gorgeous cover art.
ions
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I agree, I was asking a bookseller if he saw FP come in trade very often anymore so I could complete my Eco collection. My copy is a dingy worn mass-market. He found in his database that there was a reissue coming so instead of ordering the trade with the swirlled colours on it I decided to check out how the reissue would look first. Considering how nice Mysterious Flame and The Island of the Day Before are I had high hopes. As long as it's a gorgeous glossy richly coloured cover like Island I'll be pleased.
abecedarian
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abecedarian
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whats a book?
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what is a good book to start with for someone who hasn't read anything by umberto eco?
Stewart
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whats a book?
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do you like baudolino more than foucault's pendulum, stewart?
Stewart
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No, I'd rate it third of the four novels I've read. But it's more comic and less of a struggle to get through.
whats a book?
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i've decided to start with the name of the rose