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Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. A celebrated essayist as well as novelist, in this, his last collection, he explores many aspects of the modern world with irrepressible curiosity and wisdom. A crisis in ideological values, a crisis in politics, unbridled individualism - the familiar backdrop to our lives: a `liquid society' where it's not easy to find a polestar, though stars and starlets are not lacking., In these pieces, written by Eco as articles for his regular column in l'Espresso magazine, he brings his dazzling erudition and keen sense of the everyday to bear on topics such as popular culture and politics, being seen, conspiracies, the old and the young, mobile phones, mass media, racism, good manners and the crisis in ideological values. It is a final gift to his readers - astute, witty and illuminating.
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"There are people you’ve never met and yet you miss them when they are gone... Eco’s famously ironic voice is penetrating ... The issues Eco addresses are so enormous in their scale they seem insurmountable, yet his measured, erudite commentary assures you that they can be understood and therefore resolved" (Financial Times)
"He brilliantly exposes all that is absurd and paradoxical in contemporary behaviour. Eco’s irony is disarming, his cleverness dazzling" (Tim Parks Guardian)
"A swan song from one of Europe's great intellectuals...Eco entertains with his intellect, humor, and insatiable curiosity...there's much here to enjoy and ponder" (Kirkus Reviews)
"Eco has left us an intelligent, intriguing, and often hilariously incisive set of observations on contemporary follies and changing mores." (Publisher's Weekly)
"Illuminating, entertaining and humane." (Emily Beament UK Press Syndication)
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A lively collection of essays about the modern world from one of Europe’s greatest, and bestselling, cultural giants.
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1911215310
- ISBN 13 9781911215318
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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