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Inventing the Enemy
by Eco, Umberto
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0544104684
- ISBN 13
- 9780544104686
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Mariner Books. New. Special order direct from the distributor
Synopsis
“Underscores the writer’s profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes . . . Eco’s pleasure in such explorations is obvious and contagious.” — Booklist Inventing the Enemy covers a wide range of topics on which Eco has written and lectured over the past ten years: from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel The Prague Cemetery — every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn’t have one, must invent it — to a discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels (and in the process he takes us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world); from indignant reviews of James Joyce’s Ulysses by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship and violence and WikiLeaks. These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession by one of the world’s most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. “True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human.” — Buffalo News "Thought provoking . . . nuanced . . . the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind." — Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ING9780544104686
- Title
- Inventing the Enemy
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 100
- Binding
- Trade Paper
- ISBN 10
- 0544104684
- ISBN 13
- 9780544104686
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2013-09-24
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Russell Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
About Russell Books Ltd
Family owned and operated since 1961. Located in Downtown Victoria selling new, used, and remainder titles in all categories. We also have an extensive selection of Journals, cards and calendars.
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