How to Travel with a Salmon
And Other Essays
Impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent essays on topics from cell phones to librarians, by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (The Atlantic Monthly). A cosmopolitan curmudgeon the Los Angeles Times called the Andy Rooney of academia-known for both nonfiction and novels that have become blockbuster New York Times bestsellers-Umberto Eco takes readers on a delightful romp through the absurdities of modern life (Publishers Weekly) as he journeys around the world and into his own wildly adventurous mind. From the mundane details of getting around on Amtrak or in the back of a cab, to reflections on computer jargon and…
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- ISBN: 978-0-547-54043-6
- EAN: 9780547540436
- Produktnummer: 27875187
- Verlag: Mariner Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 596 KB
Über den Autor
UMBERTO ECO (1932-2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy's highest literary award, the Premio Strega, was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government, and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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