Larry. Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Wrote a bit on him and Harper Lee. For me, Eco's non-fiction was perhaps even more important than his fiction. His essays on translations in particular have been an influence on me and how I approach translating a story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless Northman Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 On 20 février 2016 at 2:54 AM, sologdin said: i give up. fuck this year. My thoughts exactly. Time for me to put Baudolino on my "to-read" list for this year, and stop delaying because I already have a crap-ton of books waiting... As for Foucault's Pendulum, Eco said that Dan Brown actually seems to be one of his characters came to life - fully believing the lunacy his own mind has created. It's a specially satisfying reading when you have some knowledge/awareness of all the various conspiracies - even if the first third is quite a bore, some kind of a very slow plodding setup before things get serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 On 20/02/2016 at 2:59 PM, Buckwheat said: On 20/02/2016 at 11:40 PM, Gasp of Many Reeds said: Baudolino was actually what introduced me to Eco... I love Baudolino! It is one of the funniest books I have read... more Semiotics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble AK Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's a loss, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have had a copy of The Name of the Rose for a while now but haven't come around to it yet. I'll have to remedy that. Has anyone read The Prague Cemetery, and if so, what did you think? Goodreads isn't Gospel, but it only has 3.3 stars there. The story sounded interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Goodreads hates classics, so I would take anything there was a good dose of salt. Not that I;ve read it, so I can;t say if it is a classic, but at one point The Canterbury Tales had like a 2.something. And don;t get me started on Shakespeare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I have only read Rose and Pendulum but except maybe for Baudolino (which I am now planning to read soon) I think the reviews (professional, not Goodreads' semi-literate teenagers) became more and more mixed/controversial with each new book. The Name of the Rose is also fairly straightforward (for Eco) and the erudition fits the setting, so I do not think you can really go wrong if you start with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 13 hours ago, Astromech said: I have had a copy of The Name of the Rose for a while now but haven't come around to it yet. I'll have to remedy that. Has anyone read The Prague Cemetery, and if so, what did you think? Goodreads isn't Gospel, but it only has 3.3 stars there. The story sounded interesting. I reviewed it back in 2011. I engaged the work (I hesitate to say "enjoyed," as that would be odd, considering the subject matter) and found it to be of a fairly high quality. It wasn't FP redux, but it was good nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 6 hours ago, Larry. said: I reviewed it back in 2011. I engaged the work (I hesitate to say "enjoyed," as that would be odd, considering the subject matter) and found it to be of a fairly high quality. It wasn't FP redux, but it was good nonetheless. Thanks Larry. That was very informative. I will try it out after The Name of the Rose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biter the Gallant Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Amongst his later works The Prague cemetery emerges as a really great novel. Entertaining and sick at the same time, with a schizophrenic, evil, cruel, sociopathic, antisemitic, racist, chauvinist, women-hating, asexual and treacherous main character as the narrator- who catches the readers' imagination just even more because of all that :-) I suggest it to everyone who wants to read some post-pendulum Eco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Like 10 years ago I actually woke up in the middle of the night and The Name of the Rose was on HBO. Which led me to reading the book. Pretty awesome book (I like the movie too). Such a strong sense of place. This is one of the few books I really want to re-read. I also read The Island of the Day Before. I was bored and confused by the end of this. Eco was a little (lot) too smart for me. Foccault's Pendulum has been on my TBR pile for a long time. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 John Turturro to Play Monk William of Baskerville in ‘Name of The Rose’ TV Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE) Quote CANNES — John Turturro will play William of Baskerville, the 14th century Franciscan monk who investigates a series of grisly murders in the high-end TV adaptation of Umberto Eco’s bestseller “The Name of The Rose,” set to start shooting in January at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. Rupert Everett has been cast as the monk’s antagonist, Inquisitor Bernard Gui. Rising young German actor Damien Hardung (“The Red Band Society”) has landed a key role as Benedictine novice Adso of Melk, William of Baskerville’s apprentice sleuth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 *salivates* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I;ve already had to explain to three people that this isn't a remake of an old Sean Connery movie. Yes, its based on a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 23 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: I;ve already had to explain to three people that this isn't a remake of an old Sean Connery movie. Yes, its based on a book. I really enjoyed the book. As for the movie, well, Sean Connery. A mini series is what is needed to really bring it to life. Yeah, I am starting to dribble a bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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