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Travels in Hyperreality

Travels in Hyperreality

EssaysLiterary Fiction
Pages
324
Published
1990
Language
English
Prose complexity
10/10

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IntellectualSatiricalThought-ProvokingComplex

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Essays Literary Fiction Philosophy Politics & Society Short Stories

Authors

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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is widely known for his 1980 novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimi...

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Travels in Hyperreality a good starting point for Umberto Eco's non-fiction?

    This collection serves as an excellent introduction to Eco's critical essays, as the pieces are largely self-contained and cover a broad range of cultural phenomena, making it accessible without prior knowledge of his other works.