Faith in Fakes

Informationen zum Autor Umberto Eco (1932–2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose , was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum , The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino , The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays. Klappentext Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, celebrated author of The Name of the Rose. Zusammenfassung Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco, celebrated author of The Name of the Rose.

Product details

• Authors: Umberto Eco, Eco Umberto
• Assisted by: William Weaver (Translation), Weaver William (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.05.1995
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780749396282
• ISBN: 978-0-7493-9628-2
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 2 cm
• Subjects: Essays, Ernest Hemingway, Milan Kundera, American Psycho, Jorge Luis Borges, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Psychology: states of consciousness, Psych, Fight Club, Catch 22, Edward Said, States Of Consciousness, Hypnosis, The Old Man and the Sea, Hypnotherapy, Being and Nothingness, mental health books, for whom the bell tolls, the black book toni morrison, beloved toni morrison, how to be a man, The Idiot, the name of the rose, one hundred years of solitude, the myth of sisyphus, an officer and a spy, claire louise bennett, black mass, 100 years of solitude, homage to catalonia, straw dogs, the black swan, a good man, club 22, hypnosis books