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Topic: Umberto Eco
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Maria
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posted 07-25-2005 02:14 PM
  
The book is called Baudolino, by Umberto Eco. It's more about medieval life than about castles, but I thought it was worth mentioning. It's the saga of an adventurer, who goes from Italy to Constantinopolis with the German Emperor Frederic Barbarossa. There also is a quest for the Holy Grail, but not as you wold expect. |
Peter
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posted 07-25-2005 02:53 PM
I have read some of his works, but many years. Can't recall what they were now.
Should come to me later.
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Merlin
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posted 08-08-2005 05:27 AM
Hi Maria. Read this one two years ago and loved the beginning, but not so much the search for the Grail-passages. I appreciate Eco very much and have read most of his books. Right now I'm reading his newest work, "The mysterious flame of queen Loana" (I'm not sure if this is the title of the english version, but it is in italian and german...). And "The name of the rose" sure is a masterpiece...
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Maria
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posted 08-15-2005 07:01 AM
Oh, I loved "The Name of the rose". Baudolino get a bit... crowded... not sure it's the right word, but I think it get's too complicated towards the end |
Merlin
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posted 08-15-2005 10:13 AM
Complicated? Well, have you read his other great work, "The Faucoult Pendulum"? So complicated and full of riddles and passages from old books that he wrote a vol.2 to explain them to all "normal" readers. But nonetheless to be strongly recommended... ;-) |
ipflo
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posted 08-15-2005 01:39 PM
Yes, I can also recommend both books of Umberto Eco, both the name of the rose and the faucoult pendulum are fabulous. He also wrote another book called The Island of the Day Before. But i did not read this one nor the Baudolino book.ipflo |
Merlin
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posted 08-15-2005 05:40 PM
I've read also "The island of the day before" but was a bit disappointed. What Eco already did in the "Foucaults Pendulum" became a mania: The book is stuffed with knowledge gathered from other books, so much that reading an the story itself became boring. Not his best one, I think. |
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