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I love this book. A bit esoteric, but even if you haven't read the root works, Eco's satire can stand on it's own.
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Satirical essays in which Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, the overacademic, and the overintellectual and makes penetrating comments about our modern mass culture and the elitist avant-garde. “A scintillating collection of writings” (Los Angeles Times). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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After his earlier works I held Eco in high esteem, but this book convinced me there's less to Eco than reaches the eye. Bad enough that I might ha... (show more)
After his earlier works I held Eco in high esteem, but this book convinced me there's less to Eco than reaches the eye. Bad enough that I might have written it. (show less)
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Eco does parody! Among the gems is a twist on "Lolita," in which the narrator becomes obsessed with a granny with "whitely lascivious locks." Another story imagines rejection letters to such classics as Homer's "The Odyssey" and Dante's "The Divine Comedy." And...The Bible. Reason? Too many authors.
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one of the best books i have ever read. it's funny, sarcastic, ironic and witty. a sharp twist on literature.
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