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by Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator)

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This witty and irreverent collection of essays presents Eco's playful but unfailingly accurate takes on everything from militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, librarians and bureaucrats to meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, express mail, fax machines and pornography. "An uncanny combination of the profound and the profane".--San Francisco Chronicle.

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In these “impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” essays (Atlantic Monthly), “the Andy Rooney of academia” (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, bad coffee, taxi drivers, 33-function watches, soccer fans, and more. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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A collection of "impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" (The Atlantic) how-to essays that highlight the absurdities of modern life, from the author of The Name of the Rose

How to Travel With a Salmon is a highly engaging collection of what Umberto Eco calls his diario minimo--minimal diaries--after the magazine column in which he began "pursuing the pathways of parody." These essays are his playful but unfailingly accurate takes on militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, art criticism, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, maniacal taxi drivers, express mail, multi-function watches, fax machines and cell phones, pornography, soccer fans, academia, and--last but definitely not least--the author's own self.

"Very funny." --The New York Review of Books

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  • Title How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays
  • Author Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harpervia, New York
  • Publication date 1995-09-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780156001250 / 015600125X
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.96 x 5.44 x 0.63 in (20.22 x 13.82 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95016885
  • Dewey Decimal Code 854.912

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  • New York Times, 12/10/1995, Page 44
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