Name: how to travel with a salmon & other essays
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Author: Eco, Umberto ; Weaver, William
ISBN: 9780156001250

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how to travel with a salmon & other essays

Type

Physical Book

Author

Umberto Eco

Translated by

William Weaver

Publisher

Harpervia

Language

English

Pages

248

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.2 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN

015600125X

ISBN13

9780156001250

Synopsis "how to travel with a salmon & other essays"

In these "impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent" essays (Atlantic Monthly), "the Andy Rooney of academia" (Los Angeles Times) takes on computer jargon, librarians, bureaucrats, meals on airplanes, bad coffee, taxi drivers, 33-function watches, soccer fans, and more. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Umberto Eco

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Umberto Eco (Alessandria, January 5, 1932-Milan, February 19, 2016) was an Italian semiotician, philosopher, and writer, author of numerous essays on semiotics, aesthetics, linguistics, and philosophy, as well as several novels, including The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco was a renowned atheist, very interested in the topic of religion.

In 2016, From Stupidity to Insanity, a posthumous compilation book of articles published in the press by Umberto Eco, selected by Eco himself before his death, was published.

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