Inventing the Enemy

Inventing the Enemy

by Umberto Eco
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 06/09/2012

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The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.


In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco’s perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics.


Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

ISBN:
9781446485057
9781446485057
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
06-09-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House
Umberto Eco

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.

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