MisreadingsSatirical 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 |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Granita | 7 |
Fragments | 15 |
The Socratic Strip | 27 |
Esquisse dun nouveau chat | 47 |
The Discovery of America | 135 |
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