On Literature by Umberto Eco
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This collection of essays highlights what a fascinating and active mind Umberto Eco has. His appreciation of knowledge, literature and the written arts shines brilliantly through each page. Some of these essays are a bit erudite but Eco’s characteristic wit, charm and thoroughly creative reasoning shows us a path through the fogginess of such discussion.
While the essays start off more academic than not (the essays feel chronologically ordered), Eco seems to come out onto his own by the end, talking more personally (but not less rigorously) to remark on his own writing to show us what he loves about literature. And that’s quite a statement, that one who wrote so late in his life (his first book was written when he was in his late 50s), can still find more to be thankful for about writing, about books and about stories.
Thanks for this collection, Mr Eco, you remind us about what we love best about books and what we love best about your own work.
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