The news of Umberto Eco’s death saddened book lovers everywhere; a giant of literature, philosophy, and literary criticism, Eco has long been one of those famous writers who’s name-checked constantly—and yet was largely misunderstood, even overlooked due to a perceived “difficulty” in reading his work. As with many “difficult” writers, the secret of reading Eco’s […]
How to Travel With a Salmon is a highly engaging collection of what Umberto Eco calls his diario minimo—minimal diaries—after the magazine column in which he began “pursuing the pathways of parody.” These essays are his playful but unfailingly accurate takes on militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, art criticism, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, maniacal taxi drivers, express mail, multi-function watches, fax machines and cell phones, pornography, soccer fans, academia, and—last but definitely not least—the author’s own self.
“Very funny.” —The New York Review of Books
How to Travel With a Salmon is a highly engaging collection of what Umberto Eco calls his diario minimo—minimal diaries—after the magazine column in which he began “pursuing the pathways of parody.” These essays are his playful but unfailingly accurate takes on militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, art criticism, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, maniacal taxi drivers, express mail, multi-function watches, fax machines and cell phones, pornography, soccer fans, academia, and—last but definitely not least—the author’s own self.
“Very funny.” —The New York Review of Books
How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780156001250 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 09/15/1995 |
Series: | Harvest Book Series |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 1,044,821 |
Product dimensions: | 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d) |